MR Evaluation of Dural Venous Sinus Invasion by Intracranial Meningiomas a Combined MRI-MRA Approach

Abstract

We established a standard, reproducible MRI-MRA imaging protocol for intracranial meningiomas and tested its feasibility and value in clinical settings. We then create a new, simplified classification, which is based only on criteria which are detectable by MRI and MRA.

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intracranial meningioma dural venous sinus MR MR angiography

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