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ArticlePloS one2020

Clinical feasibility of ultrafast intracranial vessel imaging with non-Cartesian spiral 3D time-of-flight MR angiography at 1.5T: An intra-individual comparison study.

Thomas Sartoretti, Elisabeth Sartoretti, Árpád Schwenk, Luuk van Smoorenburg, Manoj Mannil, André Euler, Anton S Becker, Alex Alfieri, Arash Najafi, Christoph A Binkert and 2 more

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Article in PloS one, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Spiral 2D T2-Weighted TSE Brain MR Imaging: Initial Clinical Experience.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2021
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12 authors.

Thomas SartorettiInstitute of Radiology, Winterthur Cantonal Hospital, Winterthur, Switzerland.
Elisabeth SartorettiInstitute of Radiology, Winterthur Cantonal Hospital, Winterthur, Switzerland.
Árpád SchwenkInstitute of Radiology, Winterthur Cantonal Hospital, Winterthur, Switzerland.
Luuk van SmoorenburgInstitute of Radiology, Winterthur Cantonal Hospital, Winterthur, Switzerland.
Manoj MannilInstitute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Zürich, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
André EulerInstitute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Zürich, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
Anton S BeckerInstitute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Zürich, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
Alex AlfieriDepartment of Neurosurgery, Winterthur Cantonal Hospital, Winterthur, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-0209-4114
Arash NajafiInstitute of Radiology, Winterthur Cantonal Hospital, Winterthur, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-5151-4672
Christoph A BinkertInstitute of Radiology, Winterthur Cantonal Hospital, Winterthur, Switzerland.
Michael WyssInstitute of Radiology, Winterthur Cantonal Hospital, Winterthur, Switzerland.
Sabine Sartoretti-ScheferInstitute of Radiology, Winterthur Cantonal Hospital, Winterthur, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-7156-8945

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesNon-Cartesian Spiral readout can be implemented in 3D Time-of-flight (TOF) MR angiography (MRA) with short acquisition times. In this intra-individual comparison study we evaluated the clinical feasibility of Spiral TOF MRA in comparison with compressed sensing accelerated TOF MRA at 1.5T for intracranial vessel imaging as it has yet to be determined. MATERIALS AND

methodsForty-four consecutive patients with suspected intracranial vascular disease were imaged with two Spiral 3D TOFs (Spiral, 0.82x0.82x1.2 mm3, 01:32 min; Spiral 0.8, 0.8x0.8x0.8 mm3, 02:12 min) and a Compressed SENSE accelerated 3D TOF (CS 3.5, 0.82x0.82x1.2 mm3, 03:06 min) at 1.5T. Two neuroradiologists assessed qualitative (visualization of central and peripheral vessels) and quantitative image quality (Contrast Ratio, CR) and performed lesion and variation assessment for all three TOFs in each patient. After the rating process, the readers were questioned and representative cases were reinspected in a non-blinded fashion. For statistical analysis, the Friedman and Nemenyi post-hoc test, Kendall W tests, repeated measure ANOVA and weighted Cohen's Kappa tests were used.

resultsThe Spiral and Spiral 0.8 outperformed the CS 3.5 in terms of peripheral image quality (p<0.001) and performed equally well in terms of central image quality (p>0.05). The readers noted slight differences in the appearance of maximum intensity projection images. A good to high degree of interstudy agreement between the three TOFs was observed for lesion and variation assessment (W = 0.638, p<0.001 -W = 1, p<0.001). CR values did not differ significantly between the three TOFs (p = 0.534). Interreader agreement ranged from good (K = 0.638) to excellent (K = 1).

conclusionsCompared to the CS 3.5, both the Spiral and Spiral 0.8 exhibited comparable or better image quality and comparable diagnostic performance at much shorter acquisition times.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overCerebral AngiographyCerebrovascular DisordersFeasibility StudiesFemaleHumansImaging, Three-DimensionalMagnetic Resonance AngiographyMaleMiddle AgedTime Factors

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PMID32348366
PMCPMC7190165

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