SynthesisNeuroradiology2021
Imaging endpoints of intracranial atherosclerosis using vessel wall MR imaging: a systematic review.
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- High-resolution MR: the new window into statin response.European radiology · 2026Article
- Clinically oriented deep learning framework for automated vessel wall segmentation in black-blood MRI: a multi-center study.European radiology · 2026Article
- Enhancing vascular wall assessment in computed tomography: image quality optimization via small-field-of-view vascular wall spectral images.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2026Article
- Vertebrobasilar artery geometry and quantitative high-resolution vessel wall MRI for stratifying vulnerable plaques in young and middle-aged adults with stroke risk factors.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Association between descending aorta wall thickness or wall area and cardiovascular disease risk factors in cardiovascular disease-free patients: a study based on water-calcium material decomposition and subtraction-based computed tomography dark-blood imaging.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2025Article
- Intracranial vasculopathy with MR vessel wall imaging: a case series.BJR case reports · 2024Review
- Implementation of a Clinical Vessel Wall MR Imaging Program at an Academic Medical Center.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2024Article
- Association of vulnerable plaques with white matter hyperintensities on high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2024Article
- Delayed Enhancement of Intracranial Atherosclerotic Plaque Can Better Differentiate Culprit Lesions: A Multiphase Contrast-Enhanced Vessel Wall MRI Study.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2024Article
- Diagnostic Yield of High-Resolution Vessel Wall Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Evaluation of Young Stroke Patients.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- VWI-APP: Vessel wall imaging-dedicated automated processing pipeline for intracranial atherosclerotic plaque quantification.Medical physics · 2023Article
- Application and interpretation of vessel wall magnetic resonance imaging for intracranial atherosclerosis: a narrative review.Annals of translational medicine · 2022Review
- Sex Differences in Intracranial Atherosclerosis in Patients With Hypertension With Acute Ischemic Stroke.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2022Article
- 7T MRI for Intracranial Vessel Wall Lesions and Its Associated Neurological Disorders: A Systematic Review.Brain sciences · 2022Review
- Vessel wall MR imaging of aortic arch, cervical carotid and intracranial arteries in patients with embolic stroke of undetermined source: A narrative review.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Review
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Abstract
purposeThe vessel wall MR imaging (VWI) literature was systematically reviewed to assess the criteria and measurement methods of VWI-related imaging endpoints for symptomatic intracranial plaque in patients with ischemic events.
methodsPubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, EMBASE, and Cochrane databases were searched up to October 2019. Two independent reviewers extracted data from 47 studies. A modified Guideline for Reporting Reliability and Agreement Studies was used to assess completeness of reporting.
resultsThe specific VWI-pulse sequence used to identify plaque was reported in 51% of studies. A VWI-based criterion to define plaque was reported in 38% of studies. A definition for culprit plaque was reported in 40% of studies. Frequently scored qualitative imaging endpoints were plaque quadrant (21%) and enhancement (21%). Frequently measured quantitative imaging endpoints were stenosis (19%), lumen area (15%), and remodeling index (14%). Reproducibility for all endpoints ranged from good to excellent (range: ICC
conclusionsInvestigators are using different criteria to identify and measure VWI-imaging endpoints for culprit intracranial plaque. Early awareness of these differences to address methods of acquisition and measurement will help focus research resources and efforts in technique optimization and measurement reproducibility. Consensual definitions to detect plaque will be important to develop automatic lesion detection tools particularly in the era of radiomics.
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