Assessment of the cerebral venous system from the transcondylar ultrasound window using virtual navigator technology and MRI

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 579-582

  Lagana, Maria Marcella ^a   Forzoni, Leonardo ^b   Viotti, Stefano ^c   De Beni, Stefano ^c   Baselli, Giuseppe ^d   Cecconi, Pietro ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^b Esaote   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBRAL VEINS; COLOR DOPPLER; COREGISTRATION; DENSITY-WEIGHTED; INSONATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REDUCTION; TISSUE;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VEIN; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL VEINS; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 84861955725     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090108     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (24)

1. P. Zamboni, R. Galeotti, E. Menegatti, A. M. Malagoni, G. Tacconi, S. Dall'Ara, I. Bartolomei and F. Salvi, "Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency in patients with multiple sclerosis," J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry., vol. 80, pp. 392-399, Apr, 2009.
2. A. V. Singh and P. Zamboni, "Anomalous venous blood flow and iron deposition in multiple sclerosis," J. Cereb. Blood Flow Metab., vol. 29, pp. 1867-1878, Dec, 2009
3. P. Zamboni, E. Menegatti, R. Galeotti, A. M. Malagoni, G. Tacconi, S. Dall'Ara, I. Bartolomei and F. Salvi, "The value of cerebral Doppler venous haemodynamics in the assessment of multiple sclerosis," J. Neurol. Sci., vol. 282, pp. 21-27, Jul 15, 2009
4. P. Zamboni, E. Menegatti, I. Bartolomei, R. Galeotti, A. M. Malagoni, G. Tacconi and F. Salvi, "Intracranial venous haemodynamics in multiple sclerosis," Curr. Neurovasc Res., vol. 4, pp. 252-258, Nov, 2007.
5. P. Zamboni and R. Galeotti, "The chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency syndrome," Phlebology, vol. 25, pp. 269-279, Dec, 2010.
6. S. J. Schreiber, E. Stolz and J. M. Valdueza, "Transcranial ultrasonography of cerebral veins and sinuses," Eur. J. Ultrasound, vol. 16, pp. 59-72, Nov, 2002.
7. E. Menegatti and P. Zamboni, "Doppler haemodynamics of cerebral venous return," Curr. Neurovasc Res., vol. 5, pp. 260-265, Nov, 2008.
8. M. H. Al-Omari and L. A. Rousan, "Internal jugular vein morphology and hemodynamics in patients with multiple sclerosis," Int. Angiol., vol. 29, pp. 115-120, Apr, 2010.
9. M. Simka, J. Kostecki, M. Zaniewski, E. Majewski and M. Hartel, "Extracranial Doppler sonographic criteria of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency in the patients with multiple sclerosis," Int. Angiol., vol. 29, pp. 109-114, Apr, 2010.
10. P. Tortoli, S. Ricci, F.Andreuccetti, L. Forzoni, "Detection of Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency through Multigate Quality Doppler Profiles," in Proc. IEEE International - Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), San Diego, 2010.
11. V. Nosál', Š. Sivák, E. K. Konzultanti, "Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) methodical procedure for the examination of the venous system using ultrasound," Neurológia, vol. 5, pp. 163-167, 2010.
12. D. H. Miller, F. Barkhof, I. Berry, L. Kappos, G. Scotti and A. J. Thompson, "Magnetic resonance imaging in monitoring the treatment of multiple sclerosis: concerted action guidelines," J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry., vol. 54, pp. 683-688, Aug, 1991.
13. S. De Beni, M. Macciò, F. Bertora, "Multimodality Navigation Tool 'Navigator'," in Proc. IEEE SICE 2nd International Symposium on Measurement, Analysis and Modeling of Human Functions, Genova, Italy, 2004.
14. E. Menegatti, V. Genova, M. Tessari, A. M. Malagoni, I. Bartolomei, M. Zuolo, R. Galeotti, F. Salvi and P. Zamboni, "The reproducibility of colour Doppler in chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency associated with multiple sclerosis," Int. Angiol., vol. 29, pp. 121-126, Apr, 2010.
15. E. M. Haacke, Y. Xu, Y. C. Cheng and J. R. Reichenbach, "Susceptibility weighted imaging (SWI)," Magn. Reson. Med., vol. 52, pp. 612-618, Sep, 2004.
16. S. Mittal, Z. Wu, J. Neelavalli and E. M. Haacke, "Susceptibility- weighted imaging: technical aspects and clinical applications, part 2," AJNR Am. J. Neuroradiol., vol. 30, pp. 232-252, Feb, 2009.
17. R. Zivadinov, C. Schirda, M. G. Dwyer, M. E. Haacke, B. Weinstock-Guttman, E. Menegatti, et al., "Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency and iron deposition on susceptibility-weighted imaging in patients with multiple sclerosis: a pilot case-control study," Int. Angiol., vol. 29, pp. 158-175, Apr, 2010.
18. E. M. Haacke, J. Garbern, Y. Miao, C. Habib and M. Liu, "Iron stores and cerebral veins in MS studied by susceptibility weighted imaging," Int. Angiol., vol. 29, pp. 149-157, Apr, 2010.
19. E. M. Haacke, M. Ayaz, A. Khan, E. S. Manova, B. Krishnamurthy, L. Gollapalli, C. Ciulla, I. Kim, F. Petersen and W. Kirsch, "Establishing a baseline phase behavior in magnetic resonance imaging to determine normal vs. abnormal iron content in the brain," J. Magn. Reson. Imaging, vol. 26, pp. 256-264, Aug, 2007.
20. Y. Ge, V. M. Zohrabian, E. O. Osa, J. Xu, H. Jaggi, J. Herbert, E. M. Haacke and R. I. Grossman, "Diminished visibility of cerebral venous vasculature in multiple sclerosis by susceptibility-weighted imaging at 3.0 Tesla," J. Magn. Reson. Imaging, vol. 29, pp. 1190-1194, May, 2009.
21. S. R. Barnes and E. M. Haacke, "Susceptibility-weighted imaging: clinical angiographic applications," Magn. Reson. Imaging Clin. N. Am., vol. 17, pp. 47-61, Feb, 2009.
22. M. P. Wattjes, B. W. van Oosten, W. L. de Graaf, A. Seewann, J. C. Bot, R. van den Berg, et al., "No association of abnormal cranial venous drainage with multiple sclerosis: a magnetic resonance venography and flow-quantification study," J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry., vol. 82, pp. 429-435, Apr, 2011.
23. P. Sundstrom, A. Wahlin, K. Ambarki, R. Birgander, A. Eklund and J. Malm, "Venous and cerebrospinal fluid flow in multiple sclerosis: a case-control study," Ann. Neurol., vol. 68, pp. 255-259, Aug, 2010.
24. M. Inglese, M. Bester, "Diffusion imaging in multiple sclerosis: research and clinical implications," NMR Biomed., vol. 23, pp. 865-872, Aug, 2010.