Dear Study Group Members,

Thank you for your ongoing support of ASNR by renewing your membership for 2026!

During your membership renewal, you signed up for the Cervical and Intracranial Vessel Wall Imaging Study Group. We would like to share with you some of the available resources and upcoming offerings from this Study Group!

Available Educational Resources

• On-Demand Webinars
• Education Advances: Vessel Wall Imaging by Dr. Mahmud Mossa-Basha
• Education Advances: From Concept to Clinic: Building and Implementing a Clinical Vessel Wall Imaging Program by Dr. Jae Song

• Consensus Statements & Guidelines
• ASNR Vessel Wall Imaging Consensus Recommendations

• Suggested Readings
• Recent high-impact publications (last 3–5 years)
• Review articles for trainees

Coming Soon in 2026

• Protocol Library
• Sample 3T and 1.5T vessel wall MRI protocols (intracranial and cervical)
• Vendor-specific sequence recommendations (SPACE, VISTA, CUBE, etc.)

• Case Library
• Curated teaching cases (ICAD, vasculitis, RCVS, dissection, moyamoya, plaque vulnerability)
• “Classic pitfalls” cases (flow artifact vs enhancement, vasa vasorum vs inflammation)

• Live Webinar Series
• “Hot Topics in Vessel Wall Imaging” quarterly sessions
• AI and automated plaque characterization
• Vessel wall imaging in stroke decision-making
• Challenging cases + multidisciplinary discussion

• Multicenter Research Initiative
• Call for Study group registry proposals (e.g., intracranial plaque enhancement outcomes)
• Standardized lexicon initiative
• Reproducibility/sequence comparison study

•  Hands-On Workshop (ASNR Annual Meeting)
• Showcase of Clinical Cases, Pitfalls and Interpretation
• Post-processing and segmentation tutorial

• Trainee Engagement
• Case-of-the-Month competition
• Best abstract award in vessel wall imaging
• Mentorship pairing for junior faculty/fellows

Other Study Group Resources

• Member Directory
• Opt-in directory to facilitate collaboration

• Collaborative Workspace
• Shared repository for draft manuscripts and multicenter studies

• Discussion Forum
• Clinical “ask-the-expert” thread
• Technical troubleshooting discussions

• Research Matchmaking
• Vasculitis studies
• ICAD plaque imaging
• Dissection imaging
• 7T applications

Leadership

Study Group leaders report to the ASNR Board of Directors, provide group direction, and plan Study Group activities and offerings. Study Group leaders and descriptions are available at https://www.asnr.org/asnr-study-groups/.



• Bruce Wasserman, Chair
• Jae Song, Co-Chair

2026 ASNR Annual Meeting

Register for ASNR26 today! With a four-day all-access pass (Sunday-Wednesday); you-pick three-day pass; and on-demand only options, you're sure to find the registration package that works best for you!

Don’t miss these exciting vessel wall imaging-related sessions during ASNR26:

• When Vessels Go Rogue: Hemorrhage, Malformations, & Mystery
• Vessel Wall Imaging Study Group Session
• View full program and meeting details here

Please let us know if you have any questions about the Cervical and Intracranial Vessel Wall Imaging Study Group and thank you again for renewing your membership with ASNR!

Sincerely,

Bruce Wasserman, MD

Cervical and Intracranial Vessel Wall Imaging Study Group Chair

Jae Song, MD, MS

Cervical and Intracranial Vessel Wall Imaging Study Group Co-Chair