Evaluation of Accelerated Sampling Techniques for Vessel Wall Imaging

Description

The purpose of this study is to compare and evaluate a faster MR image that has been optimized to look at participants blood vessel walls.

Conditions

Vasculopathy

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Study overview

The purpose of this study is to compare and evaluate a faster MR image that has been optimized to look at participants blood vessel walls.

Optimizing Scan Efficiency of T1-weighted (T1w) Imaging for Vessel Wall Imaging Protocols

Evaluation of Accelerated Sampling Techniques for Vessel Wall Imaging

Condition
Vasculopathy
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Philadelphia

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104

Philadelphia

University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • 1. Patients 18 years of age and scheduled to undergo clinical vessel wall MR imaging exams as part of their standard of care.
  • 1. Any person under the age of 18
  • 2. Presence of artifact-producing intracranial devices (aneurysm clips/coils, ventricular drains, craniectomy mesh, etc.)
  • 3. Any person with contraindications to MRI (medical instability, non-MRI compatible implanted devices, retained metallic foreign bodies, claustrophobia)
  • 4. Large space-occupying lesions (50 mL) or substantial mass effect (herniation, 5mm midline shift) on preceding brain imaging,
  • 5. Imminently life-threatening co-morbid conditions
  • 6. A history of premorbid disabling neurological or psychiatric disease, current substance abuse or remote substance abuse with permanent organic sequelae
  • 7. Pregnancy or lactation

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 99 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Pennsylvania,

Study Record Dates

2028-07-01