ABSTRACT NUMBER: ESOC2026A1867 QUANTIFICATION OF INTRACRANIAL ARTERIAL STIFFNESS USING DYNAMIC INFLOW MAGNITUDE CONTRAST MRI: A FEASIBILITY STUDY IN ACUTE STROKE/TIA AND ITS RELATION TO SMALL VESSEL DISEASE
Huma Fatima Ali, Onurhan Karatay, Ian D Driver, Kevin Murphy, Ivana Galinovic · 2026
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Huma Fatima Ali and co-authors pilot a fast MRI method that reads stiffness in the brain's arteries. The method, dynamic inflow magnitude contrast imaging, times the pulse wave between the neck carotid and a front brain artery. Pulse wave speed gauges stiffness, a suspect in small vessel disease. Their 2026 feasibility study scans 51 patients seen for suspected stroke or mini-stroke. Heart-gated images slice the cycle into two-millisecond steps. Burden of small vessel disease and thinking scores are set beside the speeds.
Median pulse wave speed lands near five meters per second. No tie to single disease markers or total burden reaches significance. Thinking scores also show no link to speed. A borderline trend ties heavier vessel disease to lower cognition. The team reads the method as workable, the biology still open.
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| CREATOR | Huma Fatima Ali, Onurhan Karatay, Ian D Driver, Kevin Murphy, Ivana Galinovic |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |