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4D time-resolved MR angiography with keyhole (4D-TRAK): more than 60 times accelerated MRA using a combination of CENTRA, keyhole, and SENSE at 3.0T.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18504736     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
PURPOSE: To present a new 4D method that is designed to provide high spatial resolution MR angiograms at subsecond temporal resolution by combining different techniques of view sharing with parallel imaging at 3.0T. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In the keyhole-based method, a central elliptical cylinder in k-space is repeated n times (keyhole) with a random acquisition (CENTRA), and followed by the readout of the periphery of k-space. 4D-MR angiography with CENTRA keyhole (4D-TRAK) was combined with parallel imaging (SENSE) and partial Fourier imaging. In total, a speed-up factor of 66.5 (6.25 [CENTRA keyhole] x 8 [SENSE] x 1.33 [partial Fourier imaging]) was achieved yielding a temporal resolution of 608 ms and a spatial resolution of (1.1 x 1.4 x 1.1) mm(3) with whole-brain coverage 4D-TRAK was applied to five patients and compared with digital subtraction angiography (DSA). RESULTS: 4D-TRAK was successfully completed with an acceleration factor of 66.5 in all five patients. Sharp images were acquired without any artifacts possibly created by the transition of the central cylinder and the reference dataset. MRA findings were concordant with DSA. CONCLUSION: 4D time-resolved MRA with keyhole (4D-TRAK) is feasible using a combination of CENTRA, keyhole, and SENSE at 3.0T and allows for more than 60 times accelerated MRA with high spatial resolution.
Authors:
Winfried A Willinek; Dariusch R Hadizadeh; Marcus von Falkenhausen; Horst Urbach; R Hoogeveen; Hans H Schild; Jürgen Gieseke
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Clinical Trial; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI     Volume:  27     ISSN:  1053-1807     ISO Abbreviation:  J Magn Reson Imaging     Publication Date:  2008 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-06-02     Completed Date:  2008-09-19     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9105850     Medline TA:  J Magn Reson Imaging     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1455-60     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany. winfried.willinek@ukb.uni-bonn.de
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Algorithms*
Angiography, Digital Subtraction / methods
Contrast Media / administration & dosage
Feasibility Studies
Female
Gadolinium DTPA / diagnostic use
Humans
Image Enhancement / methods
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / methods*
Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / diagnosis*
Iohexol / analogs & derivatives,  diagnostic use
Magnetic Resonance Angiography / instrumentation,  methods*
Magnetics
Male
Middle Aged
Observer Variation
Time Factors
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Contrast Media; 66108-95-0/Iohexol; 73334-07-3/iopromide; 80529-93-7/Gadolinium DTPA

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