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Coronary artery magnetic resonance angiography (MRA): a comparison between the whole-heart and volume-targeted methods using a T2-prepared SSFP sequence.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16891229     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
In this study, coronary MRA was performed on 10 healthy volunteers using the whole-heart and volume-targeted scans with comparable imaging parameters. Similar results in the SNR, CNR, and vessel diameter were observed. The depicted length of coronary arteries was longer using the whole-heart scan (whole-heart: RCA/LAD = 13.4 +/- 3.9/10.5 +/- 1.6 cm; volume-targeted: RCA/LAD = 11.0 +/- 2.6/8.7 +/- 1.8 cm). Imaging times for the RCA- (3.8 +/- 1.4 minutes) and LAD-targeted (3.6 +/- 1.3 minutes) are similar, while the time required for one whole-heart scan is significantly longer (12.2 +/- 4.0 minutes). The measured vessel sharpness was higher using the volume-targeted method (whole-heart: RCA/LAD = 0.65 +/- 0.18/0.78 +/- 0.16; volume-targeted: RCA/LAD = 0.84 +/- 0.22/0.90 +/- 0.20). Combination of the whole-heart and volume-targeted methods could be potentially useful in clinical applications of coronary MRA.
Authors:
Xiaoming Bi; Vibhas Deshpande; James Carr; Debiao Li
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance     Volume:  8     ISSN:  1097-6647     ISO Abbreviation:  J Cardiovasc Magn Reson     Publication Date:  2006  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-08-07     Completed Date:  2007-02-07     Revised Date:  2007-12-03    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9815616     Medline TA:  J Cardiovasc Magn Reson     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  703-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Coronary Circulation
Coronary Vessels / anatomy & histology*,  physiology*
Electrocardiography*
Female
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Magnetic Resonance Angiography* / classification
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine
Male
Middle Aged
Reference Values
Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
EB002623/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS; HL38698/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS

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