• J Chin Med Assoc · Mar 2010

    Comparative Study

    Comparison of real-time three-dimensional gadolinium-enhanced elliptic centric-ordered MR venography and two-dimensional time-of-flight MR venography of the intracranial venous system.

    • Jui-Hsun Fu, Ping-Hong Lai, Chia-Chi Hsiao, Shang-Chieh Li, Mei-Jui Weng, Po-Ching Wang, and Clement Kuen-Huang Chen.
    • Department of Radiology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • J Chin Med Assoc. 2010 Mar 1; 73 (3): 131-8.

    BackgroundTo compare 3-dimensional gadolinium-enhanced elliptic centric-ordered (3D GEC) magnetic resonance venography (MRV) with traditional 2-dimensional time-of-flight (2D TOF) MRV for imaging of the intracranial venous system.MethodsFifty-three patients underwent 2D and 3D MRV, whereby venous structures were evaluated by 2 neuroradiologists.ResultsOf the 53 patients, 10 were diagnosed with dural venous sinus thrombosis and 12 with intracranial tumors. 3D GEC MRV displayed superior sensitivity/specificity (90.9%/96.8%) compared to 2D TOF MRV (63.6%/48.4%). Analysis of the areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves also showed superiority of 3D GEC (0.91) versus 2D TOF (0.53) MRV. Of the remaining 31 healthy patients, the rate of complete visibility of venous structures was also greater for 3D GEC (95.8%) than for 2D TOF (62.1%) MRV.Conclusion3D GEC MRV is superior to 2D TOF MRV for providing more detail of the intracranial venous system, and can lead to better diagnosis of venous conditions.Copyright 2010 Elsevier. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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