Abstract #3898

Evaluation of the Renal Arteries: Comparison of Two Types of Non-Contrast MRA and Dynamic Contrast MRA

Takayuki Masui¹, Motoyuki Katayama¹, Kimihiko Sato¹, Hiroki Ikuma¹, Hidekazu Seo¹, Megumi Ishii¹, Mitsuharu Miyoshi², Naoyuki Takei², Masayoshi Sugimura¹, Tetsuji Tsukamoto², Akihiko Kutsuna¹

¹Radiology, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan; ²Japan Applied Science Laboratory, GE Yokogawa Medical Systems Ltd., Hino, Tokyo, Japan

We used two types of non-contrast(NC)MRA; FIESTA with flow preparation pulse (Flow-Prep) based on bipolar velocity encoding and FIESTA using Inherent Enhancement (Inhance) inflow inversion recovery technique (Inflow IR) for evaluations of renal arteries in comparison with contrast MRA.