A Pitfall of the Volume Rendering Method with 3D Time-of-Flight MRA: A Case of a Branching Vessel at the Aneurysm Neck

Masami GOTO; Akira KUNIMATSU; Masaaki SHOJIMA; Osamu ABE; Shigeki AOKI; Naoto HAYASHI; Harushi MORI; Kenji INO; Keiichi YANO; Nobuhito SAITO; Kuni OHTOMO

doi:10.2463/mrms.2012-0043

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A Pitfall of the Volume Rendering Method with 3D Time-of-Flight MRA: A Case of a Branching Vessel at the Aneurysm Neck

Masami GOTO, Akira KUNIMATSU, Masaaki SHOJIMA, Osamu ABE, Shigeki AOKI, Naoto HAYASHI, Harushi MORI, Kenji INO, Keiichi YANO, Nobuhito SAITO, Kuni OHTOMO

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Masami GOTO
Department of Radiological Technology, University of Tokyo Hospital
Akira KUNIMATSU
Department of Radiology, University of Tokyo Hospital
Masaaki SHOJIMA
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tokyo Hospital
Osamu ABE
Department of Radiology, Nihon University School of Medicine
Shigeki AOKI
Department of Radiology, Juntendo University
Naoto HAYASHI
Department of Computational Diagnostic Radiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Tokyo Hospital
Harushi MORI
Department of Radiology, University of Tokyo Hospital
Kenji INO
Department of Radiological Technology, University of Tokyo Hospital
Keiichi YANO
Department of Radiological Technology, University of Tokyo Hospital
Nobuhito SAITO
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tokyo Hospital
Kuni OHTOMO
Department of Radiology, University of Tokyo Hospital

Keywords: aneurysm, angiography, magnetic resonance imaging, time-of-flight, volume rendering

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Article ID: 2012-0043

DOI https://doi.org/10.2463/mrms.2012-0043

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Abstract

We present a case in which the origin of the branching vessel at the aneurysm neck was observed at the wrong place on the volume rendering method (VR) with 3D time-of-flight MRA (3D-TOF-MRA) with 3-Tesla MR system. In 3D-TOF-MRA, it is often difficult to observe the origin of the branching vessel, but it is unusual for it to be observed in the wrong place. In the planning of interventional treatment and surgical procedures, false recognition, as in the unique case in the present report, is a serious problem. Decisions based only on VR with 3D-TOF-MRA can be a cause of suboptimal selection in clinical treatment.

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