Angiographic CT with intravenous contrast injection compared with conventional rotational angiography in the diagnostic work-up of cerebral aneurysms

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Noninvasive imaging of cerebral aneurysms is still considered inferior to conventional angiography. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of ivACT in the assessment of intracranial aneurysms compared with 3D-DSA.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: We included 13 patients with 15 incidental unruptured saccular aneurysms scheduled for diagnostic angiographic work-up in our study. In each patient, we performed an ivACT and a conventional angiography including a 3D rotational run. During postprocessing, MPR images were generated for each technique. Maximal aneurysm diameter, neck diameter, aneurysm height, maximum width, bulge height, parent artery diameter, and angle between the parent artery and aneurysm apex were measured for each aneurysm.

RESULTS: 3D-DSA and ivACT both provided images of high quality without artificial disturbances (ie, motion artifacts). Measurements of all parameters resulted in comparable values for both modalities with a strong correlation (P ≤ .001).

CONCLUSIONS: ivACT is feasible for the noninvasive visualization of saccular cerebral aneurysms and may provide reliable diagnostic information for the assessment of aneurysm size and geometry comparable with conventional intra-arterial 3D rotational angiography. These preliminary results might be a first promising step to replacing conventional angiography in preinterventional aneurysm imaging.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2012

Erschienen:

2012

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:33

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AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology - 33(2012), 5 vom: 07. Mai, Seite 982-7

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gölitz, P [VerfasserIn]
Struffert, T [VerfasserIn]
Knossalla, F [VerfasserIn]
Saake, M [VerfasserIn]
Ott, S [VerfasserIn]
Ganslandt, O [VerfasserIn]
Doerfler, A [VerfasserIn]

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17E17JBP8L
Comparative Study
Contrast Media
Iomeprol
Iopamidol
JR13W81H44
Journal Article

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Date Completed 21.09.2012

Date Revised 21.10.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3174/ajnr.A2883

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NLM21477953X