Marc D Lindley1,2, Daniel Kim2, Kristi Carlston2, Leif Jensen2, Daniel Sommers2, Ganesh Adluru2, Edward VR DiBella2, Christopher J Hanrahan2, and Vivian S Lee2
1Physics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, 2Radiology, UCAIR, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
As an alternative to contrast-enhanced (CE) MRA, we
developed an accelerated non-contrast MRA of thoracic aorta using a combination
of T2-prepared and fat saturation preparations, b-SSFP readout, 3D radial stack
of stars sampling with tiny golden angles, and compressed sensing. This NC-MRA
was compared with standard ECG-gated CE-MRA in 8 patients. Normalized signal
difference and aortic diameters were not significantly different between CE-
and NC-MRA methods.
