Abstract
To identify the influence of susceptibility artifact caused by commonly used trans-catheter embolic devices for vascular lesions in the body on the images of various magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) techniques as an aid to patient screening after endovascular embolization. We constructed vascular phantoms in which three embolic materials; platinum coil, Inconel coil, and vascular plug, were placed. Each phantom was imaged with three types of MRA techniques as follows: ultra-short echo time magnetic resonance imaging (UTE), three-dimensional fast advanced spin echo (3D-FASE), time-resolved contrast MRA with key hole technique (Key hole). For each embolic material, four reviewers compared the visual capabilities of the vessel lumen and surrounding area of each MRA technique by using a four-point visual scoring system. The quantitative values of susceptibility artifacts generated from each embolic material were compared between each MRA technique. For all MRA techniques, the platinum coil showed the highest visual score (median=four-point) among all the embolic materials (p<0.05). In the platinum coil, the MR signal in the coil was clearly depicted in UTE. For all MRA technique, the quantitative values of the susceptibility artifacts were the lowest in platinum coil among all the embolic materials (p<0.05). UTE is less susceptible to susceptibility artifact of embolic materials.
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