Abstract #3909

Time-Efficient Artery and Vein Imaging in 3D TOF MRA of the Neck

Amir Eissa¹, Alan H. Wilman¹

¹Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Imaging of arteries and veins with 3DTOF is generally a slow process owing to the need of two seperate scans. In this work we collect a full scan with no saturation pulses followed by a reduced extent scan with venous saturation. By combining both results, seperate artery and venous images are produced. This technique is studied in depth for imaging neck blood vessels.