Abstract #4473

Fresh Blood Imaging (FBI) of Peripheral Arteries at 3T MRI - Comparison with 1.5T -

Akiyoshi Yamamoto¹, Katsumi Nakamura¹,², Hiroki Matoba¹, Masafumi Ueda¹, Daiji Uchiyama¹, Mitsue Miyazaki³

¹Radiology, Tobata Kyoritsu Hospital, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan; ²Radiology, Hikari Central Hospital, Hikari, Yamaguchi, Japan; ³Toshiba Medical Research Institute USA, Vernon Hills, IL, United States

FBI at 3T clearly demonstrated great depiction of lower extremity arteries with higher CNR, especially in the smaller and more peripheral arteries which could not be depicted well at 1.5T-FBI.