Jelena Bock1, Alex Frydrychowicz1, Kevin Michael Johnson2, Oliver Wieben2, Jrgen Hennig1, Michael Markl1
1Diagnostic Radiology, Medical Physics, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; 2Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
Flow sensitive 4D MRI permits the measurements of three directional blood flow velocities. The acquired data can be used for analysis of blood flow as well as to derive additional information on vessel geometry by time-averaged 3D phase contrast angiography. The derived vessel boundaries are useful for calculation of cardiovascular pressure gradients, which are an important clinical marker for the evaluation of the severity of disease.