Local reconstruction of stenosed sections of artery using multiple MRA acquisitions
- 18 March 2003
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
- Vol. 49 (4), 731-742
- https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.10435
Abstract
A method for reconstructing magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) volumes from successive acquisitions is described. The method is based on double oblique acquisitions of highly anisotropic MRA volumes, each of which corresponds to reduced k‐space filling. These partial k‐spaces are then combined to obtain a 3D k‐space adapted to the frequency spread of the angiographic image of the stenosis. The SNR‐resolution compromise of MRA is thus improved by focusing the acquisition on the most relevant k‐space regions. The reconstruction is performed directly in k‐space by averaging the partial k‐spaces. The feasibility of the method was demonstrated in studies on a Lucite stenosis phantom, on MRAs of carotid arteries using three bolus injections, and on MRAs of renal arteries using a single contrast injection. Magn Reson Med 49:731–742, 2003.Keywords
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