High-resolution MRI to noninvasively characterize drainage around the carotid artery into the cervical lymph nodes.
Zafer KeserGarrett SmithEmin CagilFatih TufanOnder AlbayramMehmet Sait AlbayramPublished in: Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging (2022)
We describe the in vivo high-resolution imaging characteristics of periarterial fluid drainage along the vessel walls of ICAs. This represents a potentially major channel for brain waste clearance. We also report interesting sex- and age-based trends in these structures within our cohort.
Keyphrases
- high resolution
- lymph node
- ultrasound guided
- mass spectrometry
- magnetic resonance imaging
- contrast enhanced
- resting state
- heavy metals
- white matter
- tandem mass spectrometry
- cerebral ischemia
- computed tomography
- sewage sludge
- diffusion weighted imaging
- multiple sclerosis
- functional connectivity
- sentinel lymph node
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- municipal solid waste
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- fluorescence imaging