High‐resolution MRI of basilar atherosclerosis: three‐dimensional acquisition and FLAIR sequences

Brain and Behavior

Tanya N. Turan²  Zoran Rumboldt¹ 

[1] Department of Radiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina;Department of Neurosciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina

关键词: Basilar artery;    cerebral infarction;    intracranial atherosclerosis;    magnetic resonance imaging;    plaque;    pontine stroke;   

DOI  :  10.1002/brb3.103

来源: Wiley

【 摘 要 】

Abstract

This case report describes the use of high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (HRMRI) to visualize basilar artery atherosclerotic plaque in a patient with a pontine stroke. HRMRI with three-dimensional image acquisition was used to visualize plaque in several planes to localize arterial wall pathology. Fluid attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) sequences of the basilar artery showed wall thickening throughout the basilar artery wall and good contrast between the artery wall and cerebrospinal fluid.

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