Optimization of Contrast-Enhanced MR Angiography of the Hands with a Timing 
Bolus and Elliptically Reordered 3D Pulse Sequence

Winterer, JT; Scheffler, K; Paul, G; Hauer, M; Schäfer, O; Altehoefer, C; Laubenberger, J

doi:10.1097/00004728-200011000-00017

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Optimization of Contrast-Enhanced MR Angiography of the Hands with a Timing Bolus and Elliptically Reordered 3D Pulse Sequence

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Winterer, J., Scheffler, K., Paul, G., Hauer, M., Schäfer, O., Altehoefer, C., et al. (2000). Optimization of Contrast-Enhanced MR Angiography of the Hands with a Timing Bolus and Elliptically Reordered 3D Pulse Sequence. Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography, 24(6), 903-908. doi:10.1097/00004728-200011000-00017.

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Our objective was to optimize bolus administration and sequence setting in gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) angiography of the hands. Elliptically reordered three-dimensional (3D) spoiled gradient-echo sequence with non-slab-selective radio frequency excitation was optimized according to the measurements of arterial and venous time-signal curves in 21 patients. Great variations in bolus arrival time and arterio-venous transit time could be observed. In most patients high-quality arterial depiction could be obtained with minor venous contamination. Contrast-to-noise, spatial resolution, and selective arterial filling is still a challenge for 3D MR angiography of the hand but can be optimized using Gadolinium-BOPTA and a dedicated pulse sequence setting with exact bolus timing.