Abstract
SUMMARY: The purpose of this article is to compare the visualization quality of ICV and their tributaries on PSI-MRV, 3D CE-MRV, and 3D CE-FSPGR. PSI-MRV has been shown to delineate the ICV, TSV, SV, anterior caudate nucleus veins, and medial atrial veins effectively. Due to its advantages of no contrast material injection, acceptable examination times, and no arterial contamination, PSI-MRV should be considered in the evaluation of deep cerebral veins.
Abbreviations
- 3D CE-FSPGR
- 3D contrast-enhanced fast-spoiled gradient recalled imaging
- 3D CE-MRV
- 3D contrast-enhanced MR venography
- ICV
- internal cerebral veins
- MinIP
- minimum intensity projection
- MIP
- maximum intensity projection
- MRV
- MR venography
- PSI
- phase-sensitive imaging
- PSI-MRV
- phase-sensitive imaging-based MR venography
- SV
- septal veins
- SWI
- susceptibility-weighted imaging
- TSV
- thalamostriate veins
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