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K. Noguchi, E. R. Melhem, T. Kanazawa, M. Kubo, N. Kuwayama and H. Seto, “Intracranial Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas: Evaluation with Combined 3D Time-ofFlight MR Angiography and MR Digital Subtraction Angiography,” American Journal of Roentgenology, Vol. 182, No. 1, 2004, pp. 183-190.

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• TITLE: Intracranial Dural Arteriovenous Fistula: Preliminary Report of Arterial Spin Labeling

  AUTHORS: Kyo Noguchi, Hideto Kawabe, Hikaru Seto

  KEYWORDS: Dural Arteriovenous Fistula; Arterial Spin Labeling; ASL

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Medical Imaging, Vol.3 No.1, March 4, 2013

  ABSTRACT: Purpose: We report the results of applying arterial spin labeling (ASL) to intracranial dural arteriovenous fistula (DAVF). Methods: Sixteen patients with angiographically confirmed DAVF underwent ASL on a clinical 1.5 T or 3 T MR system. ASL was performed by Q2TIPS (second version of quantitative imaging of perfusion by using a single subtraction MRI pulse sequence with thin-slice TI1 periodic saturation) with echo-planar imaging. Draining veins such as dural venous sinus and cortical veins were evaluated on ASL. Results: ASL clearly depicted draining dural venous sinus in all patients with DAVF Borden type I (6/6, 100%) and type II (4/4, 100%). ASL depicted cortical venous reflux in only one patient with DAVF Borden type II (1/4, 25%). ASL depicted drainage directly into cortical veins in all patients with Borden type III (6/6, 100%). Conclusion: Our preliminary study suggests that ASL can depict draining veins in patients with DAVF.