BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Noninvasive characterization of spinal vascular lesions is
essential for guiding clinical management, and several MR angiographic techniques have …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The diagnosis of spinal vascular malformations may be
challenging on conventional MR imaging because neither the location of the signal …

Spinal intradural vessels, which are on the order of 1 mm in diameter, are better detected
and displayed on contrast-enhanced MR angiographic images than on spin-echo MR …

Purpose: The purpose of this work was to assess the potential and limitations of a contrast-
enhanced time-resolved MR angiography technique for evaluation of spinal vascular …

PURPOSE To determine the potential and limitations of MR angiography in the evaluation of
spinal vascular malformations. METHODS Eleven consecutive patients with spinal vascular …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The purpose of this work was to study the validity of MR
angiography (MRA) for identification of spinal arteriovenous (AV) abnormalities …

Multidetector CT (MDCT) angiography is an imaging technique that can provide high-
resolution and high-contrast images; however, published reports of MDCT angiography in …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Conventional spinal angiography, although useful in
providing angioarchitectural details of spinal vascular disease, has limitations. The advent of …

Object Digital subtraction (DS) angiography is the gold standard for diagnosing spinal
vascular malformations. Recently, multidetectorrow spiral CT and contrast-enhanced MR …

Arteriovenous fistulae and malformations (AVFs and AVMs) of the spinal cord are rare,
potentially treatable causes of progressive disability. Although a variety of MRI abnormalities …