Title

Optical Coherence Tomography for Neurovascular Disorders

UMMS Affiliation

Department of Radiology

Publication Date

2021-06-12

Document Type

Article

Disciplines

Cardiovascular Diseases | Nervous System Diseases | Radiology

Abstract

Diagnosis of cerebrovascular disease includes vascular neuroimaging techniques such as computed tomography (CT) angiography, magnetic resonance (MR) angiography (with or without use of contrast agents) and catheter digital subtraction angiography (DSA). These techniques provide mostly information about the vessel lumen. Vessel wall imaging with MR seeks to characterize cerebrovascular pathology, but with resolution that is often insufficient for small lesions. Intravascular imaging techniques such as ultrasound and optical coherence tomography (OCT), used for over a decade in the peripheral circulation, is not amendable to routine deployment in the intracranial circulation due to vessel caliber and tortuosity. However, advances in OCT technology including the probe profile, stiffness and unique distal rotation solution, holds the promise for eventual translation of OCT into the clinical arena. As such, it is apropos to review this technology and present the rationale for utilization of OCT in the cerebrovasculature.

Keywords

angiography, cerebrovascular disease, intracranial aneurysm, intracranial atherosclerosis, optical coherence tomography

DOI of Published Version

10.1016/j.neuroscience.2021.06.008

Source

Anagnostakou V, Ughi GJ, Puri AS, Gounis MJ. Optical Coherence Tomography for Neurovascular Disorders. Neuroscience. 2021 Jun 12:S0306-4522(21)00300-6. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2021.06.008. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34126186. Link to article on publisher's site

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Neuroscience

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PubMed ID

34126186

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