Abstract #4219

Evaluation of highly undersampled contrast-enhanced MR angiography (SPARSE CE-MRA) in intracranial applications

Marcel Gratz^1,2, Marc Schlamann^3,4, Sophia Göricke⁴, Stefan Maderwald², and Harald H. Quick^1,2

¹High Field and Hybrid MR Imaging, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany, ²Erwin L. Hahn Institute for Magnetic Resonance Imaging, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany, ³Neuroradiology, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg GmbH, Giessen, Germany, ⁴Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany

Highly undersampled contrast-enhanced intracranial MR angiography (SPARSE CE-MRA) was evaluated regarding the vascular visibility and image quality in a clinical setting on a 3T MRI system for 23 patients with various pathologies. The overall performance is comparable to TOF MR angiography, yet with much shorter acquisition times and a high-resolution whole-head coverage in both arterial and venous phase. However, a strong dependence of the obtained MRA quality on the bolus timing of the contrast agent was found and needs to be properly addressed by the operators to minimize the arterio-venous overlap in the imagery for best diagnostic quality.

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