Hiromitsu Onishi1, Tonsok Kim1,
Masatoshi Hori1, Takahiro Tsuboyama1, Atsushi Nakamoto1,
Hiroki Higashihara1, Mitsuaki Tatsumi1, Kaname Tomoda1,
Mitsuhiro Uike2, Shoji Nakagami2
1Department of Radiology, Osaka
University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan; 2MR
Sales & Marketing Department, GE Healthcare Japan, Hino, Tokyo, Japan
The
aim of the present study was to evaluate the feasibility of noncontrast MR
angiography of the renal arteries using an Inflow Inversion Recovery (IFIR)
sequence in healthy volunteers at 3.0 T. In nine of 10 cases, MR angiography with
excellent image quality was obtained and both sides of renal arteries were
finely delineated including peripheral branches. In four of 10 cases, two
left renal arteries were observed. In addition, in one of four, two right
renal arteries were also observed. The renal arteries were finely delineated
by means of noncontrast MR angiography using an IFIR sequence at 3.0 T.