Intracranial vessel wall imaging: technological principles and clinical application
LIU Song
XIA Shuang
Abstract：Intracranial vessel wall imaging (VWI) is a new MR technique which can detect the lesions on the vessel wall, and it is valuable in making diagnose of cerebrovascular disease. Now many sequences are available in VWI. According to the plain and enhanced VWI, it can determine the location and activity of atherosclerotic plaque, assess the activity of CNS vasculitis, and make diagnoses of reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS), Moyamoya disease, arterial dissec-tion and aneurysm. VWI can provide valuable signs for diagnosis and treatment in clinical practice. We reviewed and summa-rized the principles of intracranial VWI and consensus recommendations for clinical practice which was formed by the Amer-ican Society of Neuroradiology study group of VWI, and introduced the basic technology and clinical application of VWI.
Keywords：Vessel wall imagingSpatial resolutionAtherosclerotic plaqueCNS vasculitisMoyamoya diseaseMagnetic resonance imaging
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：7( 570-576 )