Abstract #3588
Non-enhanced Hybrid Arterial Spin Labeling MRA for assessment of the cervical carotid and vertebral arteries in patients with suspected/ known cerebral ischemia: preliminary clinical experience
Dinesh Gooneratne 1 , Yuliya Perchyonok 1,2 , Greg Fitt 1 , Andrew Kemp 3 , Tim Spelman 4 , Shivraman Giri 5 , Davide Piccini 6 , Robert R Edelman 7 , Marion Simpson 8 , Helen Dewey 8,9 , Geraldine Ng 8 , Ioannis Koktzoglou 7 , and Ruth P Lim 1,2
1
Radiology department, Austin Hospital,
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,
2
Melbourne
University, Victoria, Australia,
3
Austin
Hospital, Victoria, Australia,
4
Burnet
Institute, Victoria, Australia,
5
Siemens
Healthcare USA, Pennsylvania, United States,
6
Advanced
Clinical Imaging Technology, Siemens Healthcare IM BM
PI, Lausanne, Switzerland,
7
NorthShore
University HealthSystem, Illinois, United States,
8
Neurology
Department, Austin Hospital, Victoria, Australia,
9
Neurology
Department, Eastern Health, Victoria, Australia
A Non-enhanced Hybrid Arterial Spin Labeling MRA (NoHASL
MRA) technique for assessment of the extracranial
cervical arteries was evaluated. 15 patients with
suspected cerebral ischemia underwent NoHASL followed by
contrast enhanced MRA (CE-MRA). 18 arterial segments
were assessed by 2 neuroradiologists for diagnostic
confidence, internal carotid artery and vertebral artery
stenosis against CE-MRA as the reference standard. There
was no significant difference between dichotomized
diagnostic and non-diagnostic confidence scores for the
ICA, with moderate correlation between ICA bulb absolute
diameters. NoHASL shows promise as a relatively rapid,
non contrast sequence for assessment of cervical
arterial disease.
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