American Journal of Neuroradiology, Vol 18, Issue 2 351-358, Copyright © 1997 by American Society of Neuroradiology
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Identification of the feeding arteries of spinal vascular lesions via phase-contrast MR angiography with three-dimensional acquisition and phase display
M Mascalchi, N Quilici, G Ferrito, S Mangiafico, F Scazzeri, P Torselli, P Petruzzi, M Cosottini, C Tessa and C Bartolozzi
Cattedra di Radiologia, Universita' di Pisa, Italy.
PURPOSE: To determine whether identification of the feeding arteries of spinal vascular lesions with phase-contrast MR angiography benefits from the higher spatial resolution of three-dimensional (volume) acquisitions and flow-direction information provided by the phase reconstruction of two-dimensional acquisitions. METHODS: Fifteen patients with high- or low-flow spinal vascular lesions proved by spinal arteriography underwent MR angiography with phase-contrast techniques. Arteriographic and MR angiographic studies were reviewed to identify the arterial feeders of spinal vascular lesions. RESULTS: On modulus reconstructions of coronal 2-D or 3-D acquisitions, three of four arteries feeding high-flow lesions and three of 14 arteries feeding low-flow lesions were identified as hypertrophic vessels joining the parent intercostal or cervical arteries. Of 11 intradural veins draining dural arteriovenous fistulas, three were identified on coronal 2-D acquisitions and six on coronal 3-D acquisitions as vessels that coursed from a neural foramen to a midline tangle of vessels. Phase reconstruction showed ascending and descending flow patterns in two patients with intramedullary arteriovenous malformations, and diverging flow in perimedullary veins draining a hemangioblastoma. In nine patients with dural arteriovenous fistulas, phase reconstruction provided information as to the level of the arterial feeders. Phase reconstruction in coronal plane acquisitions also provided evidence of centripetal flow. CONCLUSION: Three-dimensional acquisitions and phase display of 2-D acquisitions improved the visibility of arterial pedicles of spinal vascular lesions at phase-contrast MR angiography.
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