Assessment of blood supply of the external carotid artery in moyamoya disease using super-selective pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeling technique

To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of super-selective pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeling (ss-pCASL) at depicting external carotid artery (ECA) perfusion territory in moyamoya disease (MMD). In total, 103 patients with MMD who underwent both ss-pCASL and digital subtraction angiography (DSA, the reference standard) were included. There were 3, 184, and 19 normal, preoperative, and postoperative MMD hemispheres, respectively. The ss-pCASL...