Non-contrast enhanced MR angiography of lower extremity in patients with diabetes: initial experience of using TRANCE technique at 3.0 T

There is a clinical need for implementing a Non-contrast enhanced imaging technique for patients with peripheral arterial disease or diabetes and contraindications for the use of contrast medium, especially patients with decline in kidney function or renal artery stenosis. We optimized TRANCE technique combined with VISTA for best performance of NCE-MRA for lower extremity artery at 3.0T MRI.