Imaging the Intracranial Atherosclerotic Vessel Wall Using 7T MRI: Initial Comparison with Histopathology

REFERENCES

1. 1.↵
   2. Qureshi AI,
   3. Caplan LR

   . Intracranial atherosclerosis. Lancet 2014;383:984–98

   CrossRefPubMed
2. 2.↵
   2. Dieleman N,
   3. van der Kolk AG,
   4. Zwanenburg JJ, et al

   . Imaging intracranial vessel wall pathology using magnetic resonance imaging: current prospects and future directions. Circulation 2014;130:192–201

   FREE Full Text
3. 3.↵
   2. Klein IF,
   3. Lavallee PC,
   4. Mazighi M, et al

   . Basilar artery atherosclerotic plaques in paramedian and lacunar pontine infarctions: a high-resolution MRI study. Stroke 2010;41:1405–09

   Abstract/FREE Full Text
4. 4.↵
   2. Xu WH,
   3. Li ML,
   4. Gao S, et al

   . Plaque distribution of stenotic middle cerebral artery and its clinical relevance. Stroke 2011;42:2957–59

   Abstract/FREE Full Text
5. 5.↵
   2. van der Kolk AG,
   3. Zwanenburg JJ,
   4. Brundel M, et al

   . Intracranial vessel wall imaging at 7.0-T MRI. Stroke 2011;42:2478–84

   Abstract/FREE Full Text
6. 6.↵
   2. Skarpathiotakis M,
   3. Mandell DM,
   4. Swartz RH, et al

   . Intracranial atherosclerotic plaque enhancement in patients with ischemic stroke. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2013;34:299–304

   Abstract/FREE Full Text
7. 7.↵
   2. Lou X,
   3. Ma N,
   4. Ma L, et al

   . Contrast-enhanced 3T high-resolution MR imaging in symptomatic atherosclerotic basilar artery stenosis. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2013;34:513–17

   Abstract/FREE Full Text
8. 8.↵
   2. van der Kolk AG,
   3. Hendrikse J,
   4. Brundel M, et al

   . Multi-sequence whole-brain intracranial vessel wall imaging at 7.0 Tesla. Eur Radiol 2013;23:2996–3004

   CrossRefPubMed
9. 9.↵
   2. Turan TN,
   3. Bonilha L,
   4. Morgan PS, et al

   . Intraplaque hemorrhage in symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic disease. J Neuroimaging 2011;21:e159–61

   CrossRefPubMedWeb of Science
10. 10.↵
    2. Park JK,
    3. Kim SH,
    4. Kim BS, et al

    . Imaging of intracranial plaques with black-blood double inversion recovery MR imaging and CT. J Neuroimaging 2011;21:e64–68

    CrossRefPubMed
11. 11.↵
    2. Chung JW,
    3. Kim BJ,
    4. Choi BS, et al

    . High-resolution magnetic resonance imaging reveals hidden etiologies of symptomatic vertebral arterial lesions. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2014;23:293–302

    CrossRefPubMed
12. 12.↵
    2. Natori T,
    3. Sasaki M,
    4. Miyoshi M, et al

    . Evaluating middle cerebral artery atherosclerotic lesions in acute ischemic stroke using magnetic resonance T1-weighted 3-dimensional vessel wall imaging. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2014;23:706–11

    CrossRefPubMed
13. 13.↵
    2. Turan TN,
    3. Rumboldt Z,
    4. Brown TR

    . High-resolution MRI of basilar atherosclerosis: three-dimensional acquisition and FLAIR sequences. Brain Behav 2013;3:1–3

    CrossRef
14. 14.↵
    2. Yuan C,
    3. Mitsumori LM,
    4. Ferguson MS, et al

    . In vivo accuracy of multispectral magnetic resonance imaging for identifying lipid-rich necrotic cores and intraplaque hemorrhage in advanced human carotid plaques. Circulation 2001;104:2051–56

    Abstract/FREE Full Text
15. 15.↵
    2. Cai JM,
    3. Hatsukami TS,
    4. Ferguson MS, et al

    . Classification of human carotid atherosclerotic lesions with in vivo multicontrast magnetic resonance imaging. Circulation 2002;106:1368–73

    Abstract/FREE Full Text
16. 16.↵
    2. Moody AR,
    3. Murphy RE,
    4. Morgan PS, et al

    . Characterization of complicated carotid plaque with magnetic resonance direct thrombus imaging in patients with cerebral ischemia. Circulation 2003;107:3047–52

    Abstract/FREE Full Text
17. 17.↵
    2. Mitsumori LM,
    3. Hatsukami TS,
    4. Ferguson MS, et al

    . In vivo accuracy of multisequence MR imaging for identifying unstable fibrous caps in advanced human carotid plaques. J Magn Reson Imaging 2003;17:410–20

    CrossRefPubMedWeb of Science
18. 18.↵
    2. Cappendijk VC,
    3. Cleutjens KB,
    4. Kessels AG, et al

    . Assessment of human atherosclerotic carotid plaque components with multisequence MR imaging: initial experience. Radiology 2005;234:487–92

    CrossRefPubMedWeb of Science
19. 19.↵
    2. Narumi S,
    3. Sasaki M,
    4. Ohba H, et al

    . Predicting carotid plaque characteristics using quantitative color-coded T1-weighted MR plaque imaging: correlation with carotid endarterectomy specimens. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2014;35:766–71

    Abstract/FREE Full Text
20. 20.↵
    2. den Hartog AG,
    3. Bovens SM,
    4. Koning W, et al

    . Current status of clinical magnetic resonance imaging for plaque characterisation in patients with carotid artery stenosis. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2013;45:7–21

    CrossRefPubMed
21. 21.↵
    2. Majidi S,
    3. Sein J,
    4. Watanabe M, et al

    . Intracranial-derived atherosclerosis assessment: an in vitro comparison between virtual histology by intravascular ultrasonography, 7T MRI, and histopathologic findings. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2013;34:2259–64

    Abstract/FREE Full Text
22. 22.↵
    2. Jahnke C,
    3. Dietrich T,
    4. Paetsch I, et al

    . Experimental evaluation of the detectability of submillimeter atherosclerotic lesions in ex vivo human iliac arteries with ultrahigh-field (7.0 T) magnetic resonance imaging. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2007;23:519–27

    CrossRefPubMed
23. 23.↵
    2. Petridou N,
    3. Italiaander M,
    4. van de Bank BL, et al

    . Pushing the limits of high-resolution functional MRI using a simple high-density multi-element coil design. NMR Biomed 2013;26:65–73

    CrossRefPubMed
24. 24.↵
    2. Versluis MJ,
    3. Peeters JM,
    4. van RS, et al

    . Origin and reduction of motion and f0 artifacts in high resolution T2*-weighted magnetic resonance imaging: application in Alzheimer's disease patients. Neuroimage 2010;51:1082–88

    CrossRefPubMed
25. 25.↵
    2. Virmani R,
    3. Kolodgie FD,
    4. Burke AP, et al

    . Lessons from sudden coronary death: a comprehensive morphological classification scheme for atherosclerotic lesions. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2000;20:1262–75

    FREE Full Text
26. 26.↵
    2. Saam T,
    3. Hatsukami TS,
    4. Takaya N, et al

    . The vulnerable, or high-risk, atherosclerotic plaque: noninvasive MR imaging for characterization and assessment. Radiology 2007;244:64–77

    CrossRefPubMedWeb of Science
27. 27.↵
    2. Yuan C,
    3. Mitsumori LM,
    4. Beach KW, et al

    . Carotid atherosclerotic plaque: noninvasive MR characterization and identification of vulnerable lesions. Radiology 2001;221:285–99

    CrossRefPubMedWeb of Science
28. 28.↵
    2. Fuster V,
    3. Fayad ZA,
    4. Moreno PR, et al

    . Atherothrombosis and high-risk plaque: Part II: approaches by noninvasive computed tomographic/magnetic resonance imaging. J Am Coll Cardiol 2005;46:1209–18

    CrossRefPubMedWeb of Science
29. 29.↵
    2. Silvera SS,
    3. Aidi HE,
    4. Rudd JH, et al

    . Multimodality imaging of atherosclerotic plaque activity and composition using FDG-PET/CT and MRI in carotid and femoral arteries. Atherosclerosis 2009;207:139–43

    CrossRefPubMedWeb of Science
30. 30.↵
    2. de Jong S,
    3. Zwanenburg JJ,
    4. Visser F, et al

    . Direct detection of myocardial fibrosis by MRI. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2011;51:974–79

    CrossRefPubMed
31. 31.↵
    2. Portanova A,
    3. Hakakian N,
    4. Mikulis DJ, et al

    . Intracranial vasa vasorum: insights and implications for imaging. Radiology 2013;267:667–79

    CrossRefPubMed