Abstract #4511
            Dietary intake enhances the visualization of MR portography using non-contrast-enhanced time-spatial labeling inversion pulse (Time-SLIP) - Evaluation of temporal change after meal to determine an appropriate examination timing -
                      Hiroki Matoba                     1                    , Akiyoshi Yamamoto                     1                    , 						Yuji Shintani                     1                    , Daiji Uchiyama                     1                    , 						Seigo Yoshida                     1                    , Katsumi Nakamura                     1,2                    , 						and Mitsue Miyazaki                     3          
            
            1
           
           Radiology, Tobata Kyoritsu Hospital, 
						Kitakyusyu, Fukuoka, Japan,
           
            2
           
           Radiology, 
						Hikari Central Hospital, Hikari, Yamaguchi, Japan,
           
            3
           
           Toshiba 
						Medical Research Institute USA, Vernon Hills, Illinois, 
						United States
          
            
          We evaluate the visualization of sequential MR 
						portography by using the Time-SLIP flow-in technique 
						after food intake to determine an appropriate 
						examination timing. MR portography was performed on 5 
						healthy volunteers at pre-meal, just after meal, 30 
						minutes after, 1 hour after, 2 hours after, 3 hours 
						after, and 4 hours after. The visualization of extra- 
						and intra-hepatic portal veins was significantly 
						improved after food intake which increased portal venous 
						flow, among which especially prominent at 1 to 2 hours 
						after meal, which were thought to the appropriate timing 
						to perform Time-SLIP flow-in portogrpahy rather than 
						during the fasting period
         
 
            
				
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