Time-resolved, undersampled projection reconstruction imaging for high-resolution CE-MRA of the distal runoff vessels

J. Du*, T. J. Carroll, H. J. Wagner, K. Vigen, S. B. Fain, W. F. Block, F. R. Korosec, T. M. Grist, C. A. Mistretta

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Abstract

Imaging of the blood vessels below the knee using contrast-enhanced (CE) MRI is challenging due to the need to coordinate image acquisition and arrival of the contrast in the targeted vessels. Time-resolved acquisitions have been successful in consistently capturing images of the arterial phase of the bolus of contrast agent in the distal extremities. Although time-resolved exams are robust in this respect, higher spatial resolution for the depiction of tight stenoses and the small vessels in the lower leg is desirable. A modification to a high-spatial-resolution T1-weighted pulse sequence (projection reconstruction-time resolved imaging of contrast kinetics (PR-TRICKS)) that improves the through-plane spatial resolution by a factor of 2 and maintains a high frame rate is presented. The under-sampled PR-TRICKS pulse sequence has been modified to double the spatial resolution in the slice direction by acquiring high-spatial-frequency slice data only after first pass of the bolus of contrast agent. The acquisition reported in the present work (PR-hyperTRICKS) has been used to image healthy volunteers and patients with known vascular disease. The temporal resolution was found to be beneficial in capturing arterial phase images in the presence of asymmetric filling of vessels.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)516-522
Number of pages7
JournalMagnetic resonance in medicine
Volume48
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2002

Keywords

  • Contrast-enhanced
  • MR angiography
  • Peripheral
  • Time-resolved

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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