Contrast-Enhanced 3D MRA With Centric Ordering in kSpace: A Preliminary Clinical Experience in Imaging the Abdominal Aorta and Renal and Peripheral Arterial Vasculature

Anil N. Shetty, PhD, Kostaki G. Bis, MD; Thomas G. Vrachliotis, MD; Matthias Kirsch, MD; Ali Shirkhoda, MD; Robert Ellwood, MD

View content online at: http://www.appliedradiology.com/Issues/2000/03/Supplements/Contrast-Enhanced-3D-MRA-With-Centric-Ordering-in-kSpace--A-Preliminary-Clinical-Experience-in-Imaging-the-Abdominal-Aorta-and-Renal-and-Peripheral-Arterial-Vasculature.aspx

Abstract: Several MR angiography (MRA) techniques have been used for noninvasive imaging of the vascular system. Currently, many variations in the two-dimensional (2D) time-of-flight (TOF) technique are used on many clinical scanners that rely on the inflow of unsaturated or fully relaxed blood into the imaging slice.