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[Single breath-hold three-dimensional MR coronary angiography with true FISP]
Masahiro Higashi1, Naoaki Yamada, Yoshiro Hori
1Department of Radiology, Niigata University School of Medicine.
Nihon Igaku Hoshasen Gakkai Zasshi. Nippon Acta Radiologica
|September 19, 2002
Abstract:
Single breath-hold MR coronary angiography with three-dimensional (3D) true FISP was performed in 6 volunteers. Every scan was performed in a single breath-hold, and no contrast material was used. The length of visualized vessels was 12.2 +/- 1.2 cm for the RCA and 6.6 +/- 1.1 cm for the LAD. The signal-to-noise ratio and contrast-to-noise ratio were 22.8 +/- 6.8 and 17.5 +/- 7.1, respectively. MR coronary angiography with 3D true FISP has the potential to obtain good coronary angiograms for the screening of coronary artery disease.