Intravascular signal in MR imaging: use of phase display for differentiation of blood-flow signal from intraluminal disease

Radiology
E M WhiteT J Brady

Abstract

Intravascular signal from flowing blood is frequently observed on magnetic resonance (MR) images and may be indistinguishable from partial or complete vascular occlusion caused by thrombus or tumor. With a phase-display reconstruction method, qualitative assessment of large-vessel patency within the abdomen was undertaken in 15 healthy subjects and 12 patients with angiographically or surgically documented intravascular thrombus or tumor. Computed tomographic (CT) scans were available in all patients for correlation. MR studies were performed with a multisection spin-echo pulse sequence and two-dimensional Fourier transform spatial encoding. Data acquired from a single sequence was reconstituted in two ways to provide both routine anatomic images and a pictorial representation of large-vessel flow on a phase-sensitive image. With this method, reliable and easy differentiation of intraluminal thrombus and tumor from blood flow signal within large vessels was achieved. Information from these phase-display images compared favorably with findings from angiography and contrast-enhanced CT in the determination of luminal patency and obstruction.

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