07 November 2020: Clinical Research
High-Resolution Vessel Wall Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Middle Cerebral Artery: Comparison of 3D CUBE T1-Weighted Sequence with and without Fat Suppression
Yejun Wu ABCDE , Fangbing Li CDF , Yilin Wang CDF , Tianxiang Hu BC , Liang Xiao G*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.928931
Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e928931
Table 2 Comparison of signal characteristics between the two sequences.
| Group | Signal characteristics | 3D CUBE T1 without FS | 3D CUBE T1 with FS | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCA stenosis patients (N=105) | σ | 34.72±2.82 | 39.66±3.93 | 0.000 |
| S | 1049.99±16.80 | 803.25±96.95 | 0.000 | |
| S | 523.09±139.50 | 428.02±113.79 | 0.000 | |
| S | 251.98±98.52 | 192.57±69.26 | 0.000 | |
| S | 635.52±120.70 | 522.84±103.02 | 0.000 | |
| SNR | 30.37±3.96 | 20.29±2.56 | 0.000 | |
| SNR | 14.29±3.02 | 10.89±1.89 | 0.015 | |
| SNR | 6.88±2.11 | 4.94±2.32 | 0.005 | |
| SNR | 17.91±2.85 | 13.21±1.70 | 0.002 | |
| CNR | 16.38±5.09 | 9.39±2.39 | 0.002 | |
| CNR | 23.88±5.21 | 15.23±2.37 | 0.000 | |
| CNR | 12.47±5.37 | 7.04±2.77 | 0.016 | |
| MCA – middle cerebral artery; FS – fat suppression; S – signal intensity; SNR – signal-to-noise-ratio; CNR – contrast-to-noise-ratio; N – noise; B – brain white matter; V – vascular cross-section; L – lumen; PQ – plaque. | ||||