Intracranial Vessel Wall MRI: Principles and Expert Consensus Recommendations of the American Society of Neuroradiology

D M Mandell; M Mossa-Basha; Y Qiao; C P Hess; F Hui; C Matouk; M H Johnson; M J A P Daemen; A Vossough; M Edjlali; D Saloner; S A Ansari; B A Wasserman; D J Mikulis; Vessel Wall Imaging Study Group of the American Society of Neuroradiology

doi:10.3174/ajnr.A4893

Intracranial Vessel Wall MRI: Principles and Expert Consensus Recommendations of the American Society of Neuroradiology

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2017 Feb;38(2):218-229. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A4893. Epub 2016 Jul 28.

Authors

D M Mandell¹, M Mossa-Basha², Y Qiao³, C P Hess⁴, F Hui³, C Matouk^{5

6}, M H Johnson^{5

6

7}, M J A P Daemen⁸, A Vossough^{9

10}, M Edjlali¹¹, D Saloner⁴, S A Ansari^{12

13

14}, B A Wasserman³, D J Mikulis¹⁵; Vessel Wall Imaging Study Group of the American Society of Neuroradiology

Affiliations

¹ From the Division of Neuroradiology (D.M.M., D.J.M.), Department of Medical Imaging, University Health Network and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada danny.mandell@uhn.ca.
² Department of Radiology (M.M.-B.), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
³ The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences (Y.Q., F.H., B.A.W.), Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁴ Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging (C.P.H., D.S.), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
⁵ Departments of Neurosurgery (C.M., M.H.J.).
⁶ Radiology and Biomedical Imaging (C.M., M.H.J.).
⁷ Surgery (M.H.J.), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
⁸ Department of Pathology (M.J.A.P.D.), Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
⁹ Departments of Surgery (A.V.).
¹⁰ Radiology (A.V.), Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
¹¹ Department of Radiology (M.E.), Université Paris Descartes Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale S894, Centre Hospitalier Sainte-Anne, Paris, France.
¹² Departments of Radiology (S.A.A.).
¹³ Neurology (S.A.A.).
¹⁴ Neurological Surgery (S.A.A.), Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
¹⁵ From the Division of Neuroradiology (D.M.M., D.J.M.), Department of Medical Imaging, University Health Network and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Abstract

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 stroke and intracranial hemorrhage. There remain gaps in our understanding of intracranial vessel wall MR imaging findings and research is ongoing, but the technique is already used on a clinical basis at many centers. This article, on behalf of the Vessel Wall Imaging Study Group of the American Society of Neuroradiology, provides expert consensus recommendations for current clinical practice.

Publication types

Consensus Development Conference
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Brain / diagnostic imaging*
Cerebral Arteries / diagnostic imaging*
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Male
Middle Aged
Neuroimaging / methods*
United States