Isotropic non-contrast whole-heart lumen only coronary MRA using local re-inversion and 2D-SENSE at 3 Tesla
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Introduction Double-inversion recovery MRI with a cylindrical reinversion prepulse has been presented for selective visualization of the coronaries [1]. Local re-inversion (LoReIn [1]) labels the blood in the ascending aorta and LV, and acquires images after a labeling delay providing coronary MRA(cMRA) of the blood flow with excellent suppression of myocardial signal. LoReIn was now implemented and tested for whole-heart cMRA [2] at high magnetic field strength.
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