Abstract #0423

Imaging Changes in Cross-Sectional Area of the Middle Cerebral Artery through the Cardiac Cycle at 7 Tesla

Esther AH Warnert¹, Jasper Verbree², Richard G Wise¹, and Matthias JP van Osch²

¹Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom, ²Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands

Arterial stiffness is an important marker for cerebrovascular health, as increased stiffness can lead to a range of cerebrovascular pathologies. A non-invasive assessment of cerebral arterial stiffness could therefore be an important imaging marker for cerebrovascular health. Here we show the feasibility of using high field MRI to non-invasively assess cerebral arterial stiffness by measuring the changes in cross-sectional area of the middle cerebral artery throughout the cardiac cycle.

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