Internal carotid artery stenosis (ICAS) is a major public health issue and accounts for 10-20% of all strokes. While known severe cerebral hemodynamic perturbations remain unconsidered in current diagnostics, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) enables quantitative mapping of several important oxygenation and perfusion parameters. However, clinically applicable methods and their validations were lacking. The main purpose of this work was thus to evaluate the sensitivity of improved MR-based quantitative multi-parametric imaging to hemodynamic perturbations in ICAS. The results confirmed the sensitivity and specificity of the proposed methods. Moreover, broad perspectives for future applications were offered.
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Internal carotid artery stenosis (ICAS) is a major public health issue and accounts for 10-20% of all strokes. While known severe cerebral hemodynamic perturbations remain unconsidered in current diagnostics, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) enables quantitative mapping of several important oxygenation and perfusion parameters. However, clinically applicable methods and their validations were lacking. The main purpose of this work was thus to evaluate the sensitivity of improved MR-based quantit...
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