In vivo middle cerebral artery plaque imaging by high-resolution MRI

I F Klein; P C Lavallée; P J Touboul; E Schouman-Claeys; P Amarenco

doi:10.1212/01.wnl.0000225074.47396.71

In vivo middle cerebral artery plaque imaging by high-resolution MRI

Neurology. 2006 Jul 25;67(2):327-9. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000225074.47396.71.

Authors

I F Klein¹, P C Lavallée, P J Touboul, E Schouman-Claeys, P Amarenco

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Bichat University Hospital, Denis Diderot University and Medical School, Paris, France.

PMID: 16864831
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000225074.47396.71

Abstract

Middle cerebral artery (MCA) atherosclerosis is currently diagnosed by indirect angiographic methods. The authors used high-resolution MRI (HR-MRI) to study MCA stenosis in six patients. At the level of stenosis, an MCA plaque was clearly delineated and significantly measured vs nonatherosclerotic MCA segments, showing that HR-MRI is an accurate direct imaging method.

Publication types

Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Female
Humans
Image Enhancement / methods*
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods*
Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / diagnosis*
Intracranial Arteriosclerosis / diagnosis*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Male
Middle Aged
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity