Yasuyoshi Kuroiwa1,2, Atsushi Yamashita3,
Tosiaki Miyati1, Eiji Furukoji4, Misaki Takahashi3,
Toshiya Azuma4, Hiroshi Sugimura4, Shozo Tamura4,
Keiichi Kawai1,5, Yujiro Asada3
1Division of Health Sciences, Graduate
School of Health Science, Kanazawa University,, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan; 2Department
of Pathology, , Faculty of Medicine,
University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan; 3Department of
Pathology,, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan; 4Department
of Radiology,, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan; 5Biomedical
Imaging Research Center, University of Fukui
To
determine the potential of MR to detect venous thrombosis and to define
thrombus age, we examined in vivo MR imaging of rabbit jugular vein thrombi 4
hours, 1, 2, 4 weeks after endothelial denudation and vessel ligation, and
assessed the association between signal intensities and cellular and matrix
contents. We demonstrated that MRI can reliably and noninvasively detect
rabbit jugular vein thrombi, and that sequential changes in T2 and T1
weighted signal intensity may reflect organizing process of the venous
thrombus. MRI may noninvasively detect venous thrombosis and define thrombus
age which is valuable information for thrombolytic therapy.