Coronary Angiography with Magnetization‐Prepared T2 Contrast

Abstract

A magnetization-prepared, T₂-weighted sequence (T₂ Prep) is used to suppress muscle and venous structures. When combined with lipid suppression, this technique improves the visualization of the coronary arteries. T₂ Prep was designed to be robust in the presence of flow as well as B₀ and B₁ inho-mogeneities and may be combined with virtually any imaging technique. Here, it is implemented with both a single-slice spiral acquisition and a multi-slice spiral method that acquires up to 15 slices in a single breath-holding interval.