PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kalsoum, E.
AU  - Chabernaud Negrier, A.
AU  - Tuilier, T.
AU  - Benaïssa, A.
AU  - Blanc, R.
AU  - Gallas, S.
AU  - Lefaucheur, J.-P.
AU  - Gaston, A.
AU  - Lopes, R.
AU  - Brugières, P.
AU  - Hodel, J.
TI  - Blood Flow Mimicking Aneurysmal Wall Enhancement: A Diagnostic Pitfall of Vessel Wall MRI Using the Postcontrast 3D Turbo Spin-Echo MR Imaging Sequence
AID  - 10.3174/ajnr.A5616
DP  - 2018 Jun 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 1065--1067
VI  - 39
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/39/6/1065.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/39/6/1065.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2018 Jun 01; 39
AB  - SUMMARY: Our aim was to compare the detectability of aneurysmal wall enhancement in unruptured intracranial aneurysms between conventional and motion-sensitized driven equilibrium–prepared postcontrast 3D T1-weighted TSE sequences (sampling perfection with applicationoptimized contrasts by using different flip angle evolution, SPACE). Twenty-two patients with 30 unruptured intracranial aneurysms were scanned at 3T. Aneurysmal wall enhancement was more significantly detected using conventional compared with motion-sensitized driven equilibrium–prepared SPACE sequences (10/30 versus 2/30, P < .0001). Contrast-to-noise ratio measurements did not differ between conventional and motion-sensitized driven equilibrium–prepared sequences (P = .51). Flowing blood can mimic aneurysmal wall enhancement using conventional SPACE sequences with potential implications for patient care.AWEaneurysmal wall enhancementCNRcontrast-to-noise ratioMSDEmotion-sensitized driven equilibriumSPACEsampling perfection with application-optimized contrasts by using different flip angle evolutionUIAunruptured intracranial aneurysm