MR angiography with ultrashort echo time in cerebral aneurysms treated with Guglielmi detachable coils.
We evaluated a time-of-flight three-dimensional MR angiographic sequence with an ultrashort echo time for its ability to characterize the perfusional state of cerebral aneurysms that had been treated with Guglielmi detachable coils and to depict adjacent cerebral arteries. The results were compared with findings at conventional MR angiography and digital subtraction angiography. Adjacent vessels were seen better in 36% of patients imaged with the new technique. Both MR angiographic methods detected residual cerebral aneurysmal perfusion with a tendency to overestimate the patent portion of the aneurysm.
Gönner
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Department of Neuroradiology, University of Berne, Switzerland.
Heid
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O
Remonda
L
L
Nicoli
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G
Baumgartner
R W
RW
Godoy
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N
Schroth
G
G
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D016477:Artifacts; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000098:blood supply; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014654:Vascular Patency