The technical background and quality of images obtained upon studying the cerebral circulation with high-field MRI are reviewed. Fifty studies were se lected as representative of normal cerebral blood vessels to illustrate the ana tomic information derived from the review. MRI appears to be a safe, easy, and reliable method of imaging the cerebral circulation noninvasively.
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