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Abstract #4132

PANDA: Simultaneous Phase-Contrast Bright and Dark-blood Angiography for Improvement of Carotid Plaque Assessment

Daichi Murayama1, Takayuki Sakai1, Masami Yoneyama2, Jihun Kwon2, and Shigehiro Ochi1
1Department of Radiology, Eastern Chiba Medical Center, Chiba, Japan, 2Philips Japan, Tokyo, Japan

Synopsis

TOF-MRA sometimes cannot delineate the vessel clearly depending on the vessel orientation. Additionally, insufficient fat suppression can occur in FS-T1-VISTA, it may obscure the plaque depiction. we have developed a new sequence, termed Phase-contrast ANgiography with Dark-blood Application (PANDA), which can simultaneously acquire bright-blood image (MRA) and vessel-wall images (VWI) using the phase contrast method. There was no difference in the visualization ability of carotid plaque between PANDA-VWI and FS T1 VISTA. PANDA-MRA better visualized around the aorta compared to TOF-MRA. PANDA is useful method for simultaneous acquisition of MRA and VWI images.

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