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@article{Çukur:2009:10.1002/mrm.21921,
author = {Çukur, T and Lee, JH and Bangerter, NK and Hargreaves, BA and Nishimura, DG},
doi = {10.1002/mrm.21921},
journal = {Magnetic Resonance in Medicine},
pages = {1533--1539},
title = {Noncontrastenhanced flowindependent peripheral MR angiography with balanced SSFP},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrm.21921},
volume = {61},
year = {2009}
}
TY - JOUR
AB - <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Flowindependent angiography is a noncontrastenhanced technique that can generate vessel contrast even with reduced blood flow in the lower extremities. A method is presented for producing these angiograms with magnetizationprepared balanced steadystate free precession (bSSFP). Because bSSFP yields bright fat signal, robust fat suppression is essential for detailed depiction of the vasculature. Therefore, several strategies have been investigated to improve the reliability of fat suppression within short scan times. Phasesensitive SSFP can efficiently suppress fat; however, partial volume effects due to fat and water occupying the same voxel can lead to the loss of blood signal. In contrast, alternating repetition time (ATR) SSFP minimizes this loss; however, the level of suppression is compromised by field inhomogeneity. Finally, a new doubleacquisition ATRSSFP technique reduces this sensitivity to offresonance. In vivo results indicate that the two ATRbased techniques provide more reliable contrast when partial volume effects are significant. Magn Reson Med, 2009. © 2009 WileyLiss, Inc.</jats:p>
AU - Çukur,T
AU - Lee,JH
AU - Bangerter,NK
AU - Hargreaves,BA
AU - Nishimura,DG
DO - 10.1002/mrm.21921
EP - 1539
PY - 2009///
SN - 0740-3194
SP - 1533
TI - Noncontrastenhanced flowindependent peripheral MR angiography with balanced SSFP
T2 - Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrm.21921
UR - https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.21921
VL - 61
ER -
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