The use of MR angiography to evaluate spinal vessels is in an early stage of development.
Both time-of-flight (3D) and phase-contrast (2D and 3D) techniques have been applied, and …

The design and interpretation of MR imaging studies of patients with suspected spinal
vascular disease are based on a knowledge of arterial and venous anatomy. This article …

Postcontrast MR angiography complements the standard spinal MR imaging study by
improving detection and display of normal and abnormal intradural vessels, primarily veins …

PURPOSE To identify and describe the normal intradural vessels detected on MR
angiograms of the thoracolumbar spine. METHODS Six adult subjects who had clinical …

At present selective spinal cord digital subtraction angiography (DSA) is the method of
choice to image the arteries and veins of the spinal cord 1-3. Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic …

MR angiography (MRA) combined with selective saturation techniques has proved to be a
reliable method for the determination of flow direction and vascular supply at the level of the …

The venous drainage of the vertebral end plate capillary bed is via a plexus of post-capillary
venules in the subchondral region, which drains into a horizontal subarticular collecting …

PURPOSE To determine whether radicular enhancement occurs in asymptomatic persons
and, if so, to provide insight into the mechanism of such enhancement. METHODS Thirty …

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 …