Diagnosis of Vertebral Artery Ostial Stenosis on Contrast-Enhanced MR Angiography: Usefulness of a Thin-Slab MIP Technique
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It is a well-known clinical fact that contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography exaggerates vertebral arterial ostial stenosis and sometimes shows pseudostenosis. Considering the clinical significance of a lesion in the posterior circulation ischemia, the importance of an accurate imaging diagnosis of ostial stenosis should not be underestimated. We were able to differentiate pseudostenosis of the ostium from true stenosis using thin-slab maximum-intensity-projection(MIP)images which are thought to be helpful for minimizing standard full thickness MIP images.
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It is a well-known clinical fact that contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography exaggerates vertebral arterial ostial stenosis and sometimes shows pseudostenosis. Considering the clinical significance of a lesion in the posterior circulation ischemia, the importance of an accurate imaging diagnosis of ostial stenosis should not be underestimated. We were able to differentiate pseudostenosis of the ostium from true stenosis using thin-slab maximum-intensity-projection(MIP)images which are thought to be helpful for minimizing standard full thickness MIP images.
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