Delayed Enhancement of Intracranial Atherosclerotic Plaque Can Better Differentiate Culprit Lesions: A Multiphase Contrast-Enhanced Vessel Wall MRI Study.
Jianrong XuLingling WangXiao LiJin ZhangJianjian ZhangJiaqi TianMahmud Mossa-BashaJianrong XuYan ZhouHuilin ZhaoChengcheng ZhuPublished in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2024)
A 9-minute delay of postcontrast acquisition can maximize plaque enhancement and better differentiate between culprit and nonculprit plaques. In addition, culprit and nonculprit plaques have different enhancement temporal patterns, which should be evaluated in future studies.