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Advances in intracranial aneurysms by high resolution magnetic resonance vessel wall imaging
ZHU Meng-ying  LI Cheng  CHEN Ya-zheng  CHEN Xiao-hui  ZHAO Deng-ling  PENG Xin-gui 

DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2018.08.014.


[Abstract] Traditional imaging techniques, such as digital subtraction angiography (DSA), computer tomography angiography (CTA) and magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), can detect and locate intracranial aneurysms and can also evaluate its morphological features. However, these techniques have great limitations in the assessment of the vessel wall characteristics of aneurysm itself. In recent years, high-resolution vessel wall imaging (HR-VWI), combined with the pathological features of the vessel wall, has been gradually applied on the observation and analysis of vessel wall. Then the stability of intracranial aneurysms can be directly evaluated qualitatively. In this review we discuss the application of HR-VWI in various types of intracranial aneurysms.
[Keywords] Magnetic resonance imaging；Vessel wall imaging；Intracranial aneurysm

ZHU Meng-ying Department of Medical Imaging, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China

LI Cheng* Department of Medical Imaging, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China

CHEN Ya-zheng Department of Medical Imaging, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China

CHEN Xiao-hui Department of Medical Imaging, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China

ZHAO Deng-ling Department of Medical Imaging, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China

PENG Xin-gui Department of Medical Imaging, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China

*Corresponding to: Li C, E-mail: cjr.licheng@vip.163.com

Conflicts of interest   None.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  This work was part of Health and Family Planning Commission of Jiangsu Province No. H2017008 Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province No. BK20170704
Received  2018-03-20
Accepted  2018-06-01
DOI: 10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2018.08.014
DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2018.08.014.

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