Abstract #2149

Whole-Neck Arterial Evaluation with High Spatial Resolution using 3D Stack-of-Stars Quiescent Interval Slice-Selective (QISS) MRA

Ioannis Koktzoglou^1,2 and Robert R Edelman^1,3

¹Radiology, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL, United States, ²The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States, ³Radiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States

We found that a prototype thin-slab stack-of-stars QISS sequence using a low-flip-angle FLASH readout can be used for whole-neck arterial evaluation in under 7 minutes. The technique minimizes flow-related saturation effects similarly to 2D QISS, while providing greater scan efficiency compared with 3D TOF and much improved image quality and through-plane spatial resolution compared with 2D TOF.

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