Assessment of Impaired Cerebrovascular Reactivity in Chronic Cerebral Ischemia using Intravoxel Incoherent Motion Magnetic Resonance Imaging

The severity of chronic cerebral ischemia can be assessed using cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR) to acetazolamide (ACZ) challenge, which is measured by single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT); however, this is an invasive method. We investigated whether intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can assess impaired CVR in preoperative patients with chronic cerebral ischemia and compared it to SPECT-CVR.

Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - September 23, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Ikuko Uwano, Masakazu Kobayashi, Kengo Setta, Kuniaki Ogasawara, Fumio Yamashita, Futoshi Mori, Tsuyoshi Matsuda, Makoto Sasaki Source Type: research