Xu Shen

Jul 25, 2023 | frontiersin.org | Hua Yang |Shinichiro Uchiyama |Xu Shen |Shigeru Nogawa

Introduction Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) is a group of clinical, imaging, and pathological syndromes caused by structural remodeling of small cerebral arteries and their distal branches, micro-arteries, capillaries, micro-venules, and small veins (1), frequently leading to vascular cognitive impairment (2). As the most important imaging method for the diagnosis of CSVD, brain MRI is often used to assess the severity of CSVD.