Michael O. Zenge1, Sonja Kinner2, Anton S. Quinsten2, Harald H. Quick2
1MR Applications Development, Siemens AG, Healthcare Sector, Erlangen, Germany; 2Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
Continuously moving table MRA enables the acquisition of seamless large FOV data with a significantly streamlined workflow. In contrast enhanced MRA the total acquisition time is conventionally restricted to the arterial time window. In the current work, continuously moving table data acquisition and reconstruction was combined with k-space segmentation such that the central region of k-space is acquired during the first-pass and the peripheral region was acquired during the late phase of the contrast agent. This method was successfully evaluated with 5 patients with known PAOD who underwent moving table MRA. The spatial resolution was increased while avoiding venous overlay.
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