Intracranial vessel wall MR imaging is an adjunct to conventional angiographic imaging with
CTA, MRA, or DSA. The technique has multiple potential uses in the context of ischemic …

Vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID) are characterized by
the aging neurovascular unit being confronted with and failing to cope with biological insults …

Background and Purpose: Intracranial atherosclerotic disease is a common cause of stroke
worldwide. Intracranial vessel wall magnetic resonance imaging may be able to identify …

Intracranial atherosclerosis is one of the leading causes of ischemic stroke and occurs more
commonly in patients of Asian, African or Hispanic origin than in Caucasians. Although the …

Accurate and timely diagnosis of intracranial vasculopathies is important due to significant
risk of morbidity with delayed and/or incorrect diagnosis both from the disease process as …

Background and Purpose—Our goal is to determine the added value of intracranial vessel
wall magnetic resonance imaging (IVWI) in differentiating nonocclusive vasculopathies …

Despite intensive investigations, about 30% of stroke cases remains of undetermined origin.
After exclusion of common causes of stroke, there is a number of rare heritable and non …

Background and Purpose—Although studies have evaluated the differential imaging of
moyamoya disease and atherosclerosis, none have investigated the added value of vessel …

Vessel wall MR imaging (VW-MRI) has been introduced into clinical practice and applied to
a variety of diseases, and its usefulness has been reported. High-resolution VW-MRI is …

Intracranial vasculopathies are routinely investigated by lumen-based modalities such as
magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), computed tomography angiography (CTA), and …