Diagnostic performance of MR black-blood thrombus imaging for cerebral venous thrombosis in real-world clinical practice.

• Black-blood thrombus imaging has good diagnostic performance in detecting cerebral venous thrombosis compared to traditional imaging methods with strong evidence in the actual clinical setting. • BTI helps clinicians to diagnose CVT with more accuracy and confidence, which can be served as a promising imaging examination. • BTI can also provide additional information of different thrombus ages objectively, the valuable reference for clinical strategy.