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Abstract #4473

Fresh Blood Imaging (FBI) of Peripheral Arteries at 3T MRI - Comparison with 1.5T -

Akiyoshi Yamamoto1, Katsumi Nakamura1, 2, Hiroki Matoba1, Masafumi Ueda1, Daiji Uchiyama1, Mitsue Miyazaki3

1Radiology, Tobata Kyoritsu Hospital, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan; 2Radiology, Hikari Central Hospital, Hikari, Yamaguchi, Japan; 3Toshiba Medical Research Institute USA, Vernon Hills, IL, United States


FBI at 3T clearly demonstrated great depiction of lower extremity arteries with higher CNR, especially in the smaller and more peripheral arteries which could not be depicted well at 1.5T-FBI.