TY - JOUR
T1 - Three-dimensional contrast-enhanced MR angiography of the thoraco-abdominal vessels
AU - Nael, Kambiz
AU - Laub, Gerhard
AU - Finn, J. Paul
PY - 2005/5
Y1 - 2005/5
N2 - With the strategies presented in this article, relevant disease involving the thoraco-abdominal vessels can be well depicted by 3D CEMRA. Aneurysms, dissections, occlusions, congenital lesions, and anatomic anomalies are readily assessed. Time-resolved MRA provides supplemental information in shunts, dissections, aneurysms, and AVMs. Velocity-encoded imaging may help further characterize lesions and may provide useful functional information to grade and monitor the progression of stenotic disease. 3.0T imaging and recent development in multicoil RF technology will further improve the performance of 3D CEMRA in terms of temporal and spatial resolution.
AB - With the strategies presented in this article, relevant disease involving the thoraco-abdominal vessels can be well depicted by 3D CEMRA. Aneurysms, dissections, occlusions, congenital lesions, and anatomic anomalies are readily assessed. Time-resolved MRA provides supplemental information in shunts, dissections, aneurysms, and AVMs. Velocity-encoded imaging may help further characterize lesions and may provide useful functional information to grade and monitor the progression of stenotic disease. 3.0T imaging and recent development in multicoil RF technology will further improve the performance of 3D CEMRA in terms of temporal and spatial resolution.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.mric.2005.03.010
DO - 10.1016/j.mric.2005.03.010
M3 - Review article
C2 - 15935317
AN - SCOPUS:20344398408
VL - 13
SP - 359
EP - 380
JO - Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America
JF - Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America
SN - 1064-9689
IS - 2
ER -