Improved arterial visibility using Short-Tau Inversion-Recovery (STIR) fat suppression in non-contrast-enhanced Time-Spatial Labeling Inversion Pulse (Time-SLIP) renal MR Angiography (MRA)

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1471-1477

  Shonai, Takaharu ^a   Takahashi, Tadashi ^a   Ikeguchi, Hiroaki ^a   Miyazaki, Mitsue ^b   Amano, Kiyoka ^b   Yui, Masao ^b  

^a KKR Sapporo Medical Center   (Japan)

^b TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arterial spin labeling; Non contrast MRA; Renal artery; SSFP; STIR; Time SLIP

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CHEMICAL SHIFT SELECTIVE FAT SUPPRESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; KIDNEY ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TAU INVERSION RECOVERY FAT SUPPRESSION; STEADY STATE; TIME SPATIAL LABELING INVERSION PULSE; VISIBILITY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, RENOVASCULAR; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KIDNEY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RESPIRATORY-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; SPIN LABELS;

EID: 66749129051     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21792     Document Type: Article

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