Sonography of the first dorsal metatarsal artery of the foot

Zhu, Jiaan; Hu, Bing

doi:10.1002/jcu.20174

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“…Ultrasonography is a convenient and clinical commonly used examination method for FDMA and the deep plantar artery (DPA), especially for surface course arteries. However, if the arteries lie deep, the bones of the foot may interfere the imaging confidence of the arteries on sonograms [5]. Digital subtraction angiography (DSA) and computed tomography angiography (CTA) are valuable imaging modalities that provide precise morphological information of the diseased arteries for the purposes of determining revascularization and grafting or stent patency.…”

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Non-contrast-enhanced MR angiography of the foot with flow spoiled-fresh blood imaging (FS-FBI): feasibility study and comparison of different scanning parameters

Zhang

She

et al. 2019

Chin J Acad Radiol

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Objectives To evaluate the feasibility of foot arteries using flow-spoiled-fresh blood imaging (FS-FBI) and to investigate how the FS-FBI scanning parameters affect the flow sensitivity and impact the depiction of pedal arteries. Methods The study included 46 young healthy volunteers examined by FS-FBI using 1.5T MRI scanner. Additional FS-FBI examination with different flip angles (FA) of the radiofrequency refocusing pulse and echo time (TE) was performed on 36 volunteers. Two radiologists separately analyzed and graded the venous contamination, image quality, displaying rate, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) values of foot arteries. Multi-sample Friedman test and paired two-sided Student's t test were used for statistical analysis (P < 0.05).Results Average image quality and venous contamination score of all arteries was good. The demonstration rate of distal anterior and posterior tibial artery, and lateral plantar artery was 100%. Dorsalis pedis artery, first dorsal metatarsal artery, medial plantar artery, and plantar arch were demonstrated at a rate above 90%. The demonstration rate of medial tarsal artery was 73.9%, whereas arcuate artery was detected with a rate of only 5.4%. Significant differences in image quality, SNR, and CNR of distal arterial area were observed between different FA and TE. Conclusion Non-contrast-enhanced MR angiography of foot using FS-FBI enables clear separation of veins from arteries, and yields reliable depiction of the foot arterial tree in healthy volunteers. Distal arterial branches of foot can be better depicted by appropriate adjustment of the flow-sensitivity parameters.Keywords Non-contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography · Flow spoiled-fresh blood imaging · Foot arteries · Flip angle of the refocusing pulse · Echo time * Dairong Cao Publisher's Note Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

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