PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - M.A. Hunter
AU  - C. Santosh
AU  - E. Teasdale
AU  - K.P. Forbes
TI  - High-Resolution Double Inversion Recovery Black-Blood Imaging of Cervical Artery Dissection Using 3T MR Imaging
AID  - 10.3174/ajnr.A2599
DP  - 2012 Dec 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - E133--E137
VI  - 33
IP  - 11
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/33/11/E133.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/33/11/E133.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2012 Dec 01; 33
AB  - SUMMARY: We performed high-resolution DIR-BBI of the cervical arteries at 3T in 19 subjects with cervical dissection. It offered excellent visualization of both the lumen and arterial wall, allowing detection of the primary and secondary features of dissection. We suggest that this is a highly useful technique for diagnosis of cervical dissection, either routinely or in equivocal cases of suspected dissection. It also offers further insight into the pathogenesis of this disorder. BBIblack-blood imagingCAcarotid arteryCTACT angiographyDIRdouble inversion recoveryMCAmiddle cerebral arteryPCAposterior cerebral arteryPICAposterior inferior cerebellar arteryVAvertebral artery