Optical Coherence Tomography for Neurovascular Disorders.

Neuroscience

University of Massachusetts Medical School, Radiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, United States. Electronic address:

Published: October 2021

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.

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