Anja Gwendolyn van der Kolk1, Jaco JM
Zwanenburg1, Geert Jan Biessels2, Fredy Visser1,3,
Peter R. Luijten1, Jeroen Hendrikse1
1Department of Radiology, University
Medical Center, Utrecht, Netherlands; 2Department of Neurology,
University Medical Center, Utrecht, Netherlands; 3Philips
Healthcare, Best, Netherlands
Seven
patients with clinically and standard imaging-based proven ischemic or
hemorrhagic stroke were scanned with magnetization prepared 3D FLAIR,
combined time-of-flight inflow and multi-echo fast field echo (meFFE), T1
3D TFE, and DTI. 7.0 Tesla results were comparable to results of similar 1.5
Tesla sequences, but with better resolution and in 3 out of 7 patients
additional information regarding underlying pathology. Furthermore, meFFE
with 3 echoes was valuable in identification of microbleeds, microinfarcts
and thrombus.