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Recent advances in the study and clinical application of high resolution MR intracranial vascular wall imaging
LI Jun-tong  MIAO Feng  WANG Xiao-chun 

DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2018.05.010.


[Abstract] Arterial stenosis caused by intracranial artery disease is one of the main risk factors of ischemic stroke. Its causes include atherosclerosis, arterial dissection, arteritis, moyamoya disease and so on. High resolution magnetic resonance imaging of vascular wall is the only non-invasive technology that can be used for intracranial vascular wall imaging in the present. It has the advantages of high spatial resolution, contrast noise ratio and can differentiate intracranial atherosclerosis, arterial dissection, arteritis and moyamoya disease. It provides important information and evidence for clinical diagnosis and treatment. The following is a summary of the progress in imaging technique research and clinical application of 3.0 T high resolution MR imaging of intracranial vascular wall.
[Keywords] Vascular wall imaging；Cerebrovascular disorders；Magnetic resonance imaging

LI Jun-tong Department of Medical Imaging, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China

MIAO Feng Second Clinical Medicine School, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China

WANG Xiao-chun* Department of Radiology, First Clinical Medical College, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China

*Corresponding to: Wang XC, E-mail: 2010xiaochun@163.com

Conflicts of interest   None.

Received  2017-12-31
Accepted  2018-03-11
DOI: 10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2018.05.010
DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2018.05.010.

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