1 Department of Radiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
2 Department of Radiology, NorthShore University HealthSystem, 2650 Ridge Ave, Walgreen Bldg G534, Evanston, IL 60201.
AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2019 Apr;212(4):914-918. doi: 10.2214/AJR.18.20000. Epub 2019 Feb 4.
With MR angiography of peripheral arterial disease, calcifications are unapparent, so a separate calcification-sensitive pulse sequence (proton density-weighted in-phase 3D stack-of-stars [PDIP-SOS]) is needed for complete assessment. We hypothesized that, despite being acquired separately, MR angiography and PDIP-SOS images could be coregistered and fused without loss of significant diagnostic information.
In a prospective study of 15 patients, MR image fusion enabled the simultaneous display of vessel lumen and vascular calcifications similarly to CT angiography.
在周围动脉疾病的磁共振血管造影中,钙化不明显,因此需要使用单独的钙化敏感脉冲序列(质子密度加权同相位 3D 星形堆叠[PDIP-SOS])进行全面评估。我们假设,尽管是分别采集的,但磁共振血管造影和 PDIP-SOS 图像可以进行配准和融合,而不会丢失重要的诊断信息。
在对 15 例患者的前瞻性研究中,磁共振图像融合能够同时显示血管腔和血管钙化,类似于 CT 血管造影。