Detection of mural inflammation with low b-value diffusion-weighted imaging in patients with active Takayasu Arteritis.
Huan YangPeng LvRanying ZhangCaixia FuJiang LinPublished in: European radiology (2021)
• Currently, the most widely used imaging modality in detection of mural inflammation is contrast-enhanced MRI. • Low b-value DWI is shown comparable to contrast-enhanced MRI and superior to T2WI in identifying mural inflammation in patients with active Takayasu arteritis. • Low b-value DWI is a fast and unenhanced MRI technique which may potentially replace contrast-enhanced MRI in identifying disease activity of Takayasu arteritis.
Keyphrases
- contrast enhanced
- diffusion weighted imaging
- diffusion weighted
- magnetic resonance imaging
- magnetic resonance
- computed tomography
- disease activity
- oxidative stress
- rheumatoid arthritis
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- dual energy
- ankylosing spondylitis
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- high resolution
- photodynamic therapy