Abstract:To analyze the application value of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of 3D arterial spin labeling (3D-ASL) in patients with acute ischemic cerebral infarction. Methods Routine MRI with DWI, magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) and 3D-ASL scan were performed in 22 patients with ischemic stroke. The original data were recorded and uploaded to ADW 4.2 workstation, the pcolor of the perfusion parameters was obtained. The ASL-CBF and DWI images of the cerebral infarction patients were observed, and the perfusion area and infarct size were measured. DWI and ASL values were recorded in Excel spreadsheets, and expressed as mean ±standard deviation (x ±s). Independent-sample test was used to compared the differences. The cerebral vessels around MRA infarction area were observed. Results Of the 22 cases, 19 patients showed abnormal perfusion on the ASL map (16 cases with hypoperfusion, 2 cases with hyperperfusion, 1 case with high perfusion and low perfusion at the same time). Their abnormal perfusion sites were consistent with the infarction sites on DWI. The abnormal perfusion area in the ASL-CBF map was significantly larger than the DWI infarction area [(17.10 ±6.15) cm2 vs (13.54 ±4.97) cm2,p= 0.029]. Conclusions 3D-ASL can reflect the low perfusion state of the patients with cerebral infarction in clinical application, and DWI and MRA are more helpful for clinical diagnosis and treatment.