More Peripheral Visualization of Hepatic Arteries by Using Respiratory-Triggered 3D True Steady-State Free-Precession Projection Magnetic Resonance Angiographic Sequences with Time-Spatial Labeling Inversion Pulse
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52274#.VI-GOsnQrzE Author(s) Daisuke Tsuge , Ryohei Kuwatsuru , Tatsuro Inoue , Yuki Yamashiro , Kazuhiro Suzuki , Akihiko Shiraishi Affiliation(s) Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan . ABSTRACT Purpose: To evaluate respiratory-triggered three-dimensional (3D) true steady-state free-precession (SSFP) projection magnetic resonance angiographic sequences with time-spatial labeling inversion pulse (Time-SLIP) for visualizing the hepatic arteries and to optimize the image acquisition protocol. Materials and Methods: A 1.5-T clinical magnetic resonance imager was used to perform abdomin...