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ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE

Assessment of cerebral venous sinus: Anatomical and functional diagnostic performance of three-dimensional reconstruction models based on venous sinus MRI and CT images

Xin Liu1† ,  Zhenxin Hong2† ,  Heyu Ding3† ,  Pengfei Zhao3 ,  Shusheng Gong4 ,  Dhanjoo Ghista5 ,  Zhenchang Wang3*
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1 Guangdong Academy Research on VR Industry, School of Industrial Design and Ceramic Art, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong, China
2 Department of Industrial Robotics, School of Artificial Intelligence, Guangdong Engineering Polytechnic College, Qingcheng, Guangdong, China
3 Department of Radiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
4 Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
5 University 2020 Foundation, San Jose, California, United States of America
Brain & Heart 2024, 2(2), 2756 https://doi.org/10.36922/bh.2756
Submitted: 16 January 2024 | Accepted: 8 April 2024 | Published: 8 May 2024
© 2024 by the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )
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Abstract

Venous sinus stenosis is commonly observed in patients presenting with pulsatile tinnitus (PT). While magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) are commonly used for assessing venous sinus geometries, the preferred modality remains unclear. In this study, we reconstructed the three-dimensional (3D) geometries of the venous sinus using MRI and CT imaging data from 20 PT patients. We conducted comparisons of the anatomical features of the venous sinus through case-wise analysis and anatomic geometrical parameter-wise analysis. Our findings indicate that by taking the geometries from CT as a reference, MRI could provide a better illustration of venous structure, primarily due to a stronger flow signal concentrated in the vascular tree. We observed high agreements in anatomic parameters measured from 3D geometries reconstructed based on CT and MRI in 19 out of 20 cases. Notably, the cross-sectional area of the sinus and segment length displayed the highest consistency, with a mean difference of -5.01% and 6.5% between modalities, respectively. In addition, we noticed that 55% of cases exhibited consistency in analyzing the confluence of the sinus, while variants of connectivity and collateral branching were observed between CT and MRI. Importantly, CT-based geometric reconstruction provided better detail of inflow side branches in the straight sinus, whereas MRI preserved more side branches of outflow in the downstream sinus. It is important to note that CT-based evaluation may be affected by the bone structures surrounding the venous sinus, whereas MRI-based evaluation focuses on blood flow to the segments, potentially indicating both anatomical and functional abnormalities.

Keywords
Cerebral venous sinus
Pulsatile tinnitus (PT)
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Computed tomography
Funding
This study is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant nos.: 82202098, 61931013, and 82001910) and the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China (2019A1515011463).
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The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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