Diagnostic accuracy of high-resolution black-blood MRI in the evaluation of intracranial large-vessel arterial occlusions

AS Al-Smadi, RN Abdalla… - American Journal …, 2019 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: 3D high-resolution black-blood MRI or MR vessel wall
imaging allows evaluation of the intracranial arterial wall and extraluminal pathology. We …

CT and MRI early vessel signs reflect clot composition in acute stroke

DS Liebeskind, N Sanossian, WH Yong, S Starkman… - Stroke, 2011 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—The purpose of this study was to provide the first correlative
study of the hyperdense middle cerebral artery sign (HMCAS) and gradient-echo MRI …

Interrater agreement and detection accuracy for medium-vessel occlusions using single-phase and multiphase CT angiography

JM Ospel, F Bala, RV McDonough… - American Journal …, 2022 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Accurate and reliable detection of medium-vessel
occlusions is important to establish the diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke and initiate …

Early experience in high-resolution MRI for large vessel occlusions

FK Hui, X Zhu, SE Jones, K Uchino, JA Bullen… - Journal of …, 2015 - jnis.bmj.com
Background Large vessel occlusions are an important cause of ischemic stroke. Imaging
goals center on identifying the site of occlusion, the size of the ischemic core and the size of …

Early detection of cerebral arterial occlusion on magnetic resonance angiography: predictive value of the baseline NIHSS score and impact on neurological outcome

L Derex, N Nighoghossian, M Hermier… - Cerebrovascular …, 2002 - karger.com
The presence of a thrombus on initial arteriography is directly related to the baseline NIHSS
score. Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) offers a noninvasive and rapid assessment …

Three-dimensional black-blood contrast-enhanced MRI improves detection of intraluminal thrombi in patients with acute ischaemic stroke

W Jang, HS Kwak, GH Chung, SB Hwang - European Radiology, 2018 - Springer
Objectives This study evaluated the utility of three-dimensional (3D), black-blood (BB),
contrast-enhanced, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the detection of intraluminal …

Acute basilar artery occlusion: diffusion-perfusion MRI characterization of tissue salvage in patients receiving intra-arterial stroke therapies

JL Ostrem, JL Saver, JR Alger, S Starkman, MC Leary… - Stroke, 2004 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Diffusion-perfusion MRI in patients with anterior circulation
occlusions has demonstrated salvage of threatened tissue after thrombolytic therapy. Similar …

The CT‐Defined Hyperdense Arterial Sign as a Marker for Acute Intracerebral Large Vessel Occlusion

J Lim, JA Magarik, MT Froehler - Journal of Neuroimaging, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Background and Purpose To determine the sensitivity and specificity of the
hyperdense artery sign (HAS) on thin‐slice non‐contrast computed tomography (NCCT) …

3D black-blood luminal angiography derived from high-resolution MR vessel wall imaging in detecting MCA stenosis: a preliminary study

X Bai, P Lv, K Liu, Q Li, J Ding… - American Journal of …, 2018 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: 3D high-resolution vessel wall imaging is increasingly
used for intracranial arterial diseases. This study compared the diagnostic performance of …

Computed tomography angiogram derived from computed tomography perfusion done with low iodine volume protocol preserves diagnostic yield for middle cerebral …

K Limaye, A Bryant, G Bathla, B Dai, S Al Kasab… - Journal of stroke and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background: Computed tomography angiogram (CTA) derived from computed tomography
perfusion (CTP) has been proposed to avoid addition of separate CT perfusion protocol for …