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Neurosci."],"abstract":"<jats:sec><jats:title>Background and purpose<\/jats:title><jats:p>Aneurysm wall enhancement (AWE) in high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (HR-MRI) is a potential biomarker for evaluating unstable aneurysms. Fusiform intracranial aneurysms (FIAs) frequently have a complex and curved structure. We aimed to develop a new three-dimensional (3D) aneurysmal wall enhancement (AWE) characterization method to enable comprehensive FIA evaluation and to investigate the ability of 3D-AWE to predict symptomatic FIA.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We prospectively recruited patients with unruptured FIAs and received 3\u2009T HR-MRI imaging from September 2017 to January 2019. 3D models of aneurysms and parent arteries were generated. Boundaries of the FIA were determined using 3D vessel diameter measurements. D<jats:sub>max<\/jats:sub> was the greatest diameter in the cross-section, while L<jats:sub>max<\/jats:sub> was the length of the centerline of the aneurysm. Signal intensity of the FIA was normalized to the pituitary stalk and then mapped onto the 3D model, then the average enhancement (3D-AWE<jats:sub>avg<\/jats:sub>), maximum enhancement (3D-AWE<jats:sub>max<\/jats:sub>), enhancement area (AWE<jats:sub>area<\/jats:sub>), and enhancement ratio (AWE<jats:sub>ratio<\/jats:sub>) were calculated as AWE indicators, and the surface area of the entire aneurysm (A<jats:sub>area<\/jats:sub>) was also calculated. Areas with high AWE were defined as those with a value &amp;gt;0.9 times the signal intensity of the pituitary stalk. Multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed to determine independent predictors of aneurysm-related symptoms. FIA subtypes were defined as fusiform, dolichoectasia, and transitional. Differences between the three FIA subtypes were also examined.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Forty-seven patients with 47 FIAs were included. Mean patient age was 55\u2009\u00b1\u200912.62 years and 74.5% were male. Twenty-nine patients (38.3%) were symptomatic. After adjusting for baseline differences in age, hypertension, L<jats:sub>max<\/jats:sub>, and FIA subtype, the multivariate logistics regression models showed that 3D-AWE<jats:sub>avg<\/jats:sub> (odds ratio [OR], 4.029; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.019), 3D-AWE<jats:sub>max<\/jats:sub> (OR, 3.437; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.022), AWE<jats:sub>area<\/jats:sub> (OR, 1.019; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.008), and AWE<jats:sub>ratio<\/jats:sub> (OR, 2.490; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.045) were independent predictors of aneurysm-related symptoms. D<jats:sub>max<\/jats:sub> and A<jats:sub>area<\/jats:sub> were larger and 3D-AWE<jats:sub>avg<\/jats:sub>, 3D-AWE<jats:sub>max<\/jats:sub>, AWE<jats:sub>area<\/jats:sub>, and AWE<jats:sub>ratio<\/jats:sub> were higher with the transitional subtype than the other two subtypes.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The new 3D AWE method, which enables the use of numerous new metrics, can predict symptomatic FIAs. 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