Abstract #0517
Aneurysm Wall Permeability as a Measure of Rupture Risk and Bleb Formation
Charles G Cantrell 1 , Parmede Vakil 1 , Sameer A Ansari 2 , and Timothy J Carroll 1
1
Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern
University, Chicago, Illinois, United States,
2
Radiology,
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States
We imaged 23 patients with DCE-MRI and calculated wall
permeability parameters using a Tofts model and a point
source diffusion model. Both provided statistically
significant information about rupture risk. The
diffusion model provides more information about wall
thickness.
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