Abstract #4496
Non-contrast-enhanced peripheral venography using velocity-selective magnetization preparation and transient balanced SSFP
Taehoon Shin 1 , Seth J Kligerman 1 , Robert S Crawford 2 , Sanjay Rajagopalan 3 , and Rao P Gullapalli 1
1
Radiology, University of Maryland,
Baltimore, MD, United States,
2
Vascular
Surgery, University of Maryland, MD, United Kingdom,
3
Cardiovascular
Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, United
States
A non-contrast-enhanced peripheral MR venography method
is proposed which generates high-contrast 3D venograms
directly using a single acquisition. The proposed method
combines velocity-selective magnetization preparation
for suppressing arterial signal and transient balanced
SSFP readout for suppressing muscle signal. The sequence
parameters are optimized to maximize vein-to-background
contrast and validated in vivo. The feasibility of
visualization of the entire peripheral venous systems
using multi-station is demonstrated in healthy subjects.
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