AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology
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AJNR Am J Neuroradiol · Jan 1994
Contrast MR of the brain after high-perfusion cardiopulmonary bypass.
To study the efficacy of contrast MR imaging in the evaluation of central nervous system complications in the cardiopulmonary bypass patient and attempt to explain their pathophysiology based on the MR appearance and the cardiopulmonary bypass protocol. ⋯ Contrast MR imaging demonstrated no new abnormalities in patients after cardiopulmonary bypass performed with strict in-line arterial filtration and relatively high perfusion. MR imaging is feasible in the early postoperative period after cardiopulmonary bypass and may offer a convenient method for evaluation of the neurologic impact of technical factors associated with cardiopulmonary bypass.
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AJNR Am J Neuroradiol · Jan 1994
Preoperative spinal angiography for lateral extracavitary approach to thoracic and lumbar spine.
To establish the safety, efficacy, and value of preoperative angiography in the surgical management of thoracic and lumbar spine disease, in which it is important to avoid injury to the artery of Adamkiewicz or other vessels that supply the spinal cord. ⋯ Spinal angiography is a safe preoperative examination for thoracic and lumbar spine surgery. It is specifically useful when the lateral extracavitary surgical approach to spinal cord decompression and fusion (which predictably interrupts the terminal end-arterial blood supply to the spinal cord, if present) is planned.
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AJNR Am J Neuroradiol · Jan 1994
Lesion enhancement in radio-frequency spoiled gradient-echo imaging: theory, experimental evaluation, and clinical implications.
To investigate the lesser lesion conspicuity after gadolinium contrast infusion with radio-frequency spoiled gradient-echo (SPGR) sequences relative to conventional T1-weighted spin-echo techniques. ⋯ The phantom studies suggest that the short repetition time of 35 msec, typically used in clinical SPGR imaging, is largely responsible for a reduced signal amplitude and a diminished rate of increase of signal with increasing gadopentetate concentration, relative to spin-echo. Phantom and clinical studies suggest that the dose of paramagnetic agent required to achieve SPGR lesion conspicuity with short repetition time comparable with spin-echo would have to be higher than the dose in current clinical use.
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AJNR Am J Neuroradiol · Jan 1994
Blood flow in major cerebral arteries measured by phase-contrast cine MR.
To measure mean blood flow in individual cerebral arteries (carotid, basilar, anterior cerebral, middle cerebral, and posterior cerebral) using a cine phase contrast MR pulse sequence. ⋯ Although careful attention to technical detail is required, mean blood flow measurements in individual cerebral vessels is feasible using a cine phase-contrast MR pulse sequence.