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Determination of blood flow direction using velocity-phase image display with 3-D phase-contrast MR angiography
J R Pernicone1, J E Siebert, T A Laird
1Department of Radiology Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824.
AJNR. American Journal of Neuroradiology
|September 1, 1992
Abstract:
The authors describe their use of phase-contrast MRA to depict vascular anatomy and to define the direction of blood flow. Documentation of flow reversal can provide information regarding prognosis and can facilitate surgical planning. The technique requires no additional scan-time.