Intracoronary 3.0T MRI: An ex vivo feasibility study in swine hearts

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  • H. Gu
  • F. Zhang
  • Y. Meng
  • B. Qiu
  • X. Yang
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PURPOSE: MRI is becoming a useful imaging tool for the diagnosis and treatment atherosclerotic coronary arteries. To date, there are no reports on intracoronary MRI using a clinical 3.0T MRI scanner, which requires the placement of a small sized (usually 0.014-inch in diameter) endovascular MR coil into the coronary arteries. In this study, we attempted to confirm, ex vivo, the possibility of generating intracoronary 3.0T MRI via establishment of an imaging system with combining use of a 0.014-inch endovascular MR antenna and two surface coils.

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تاریخ انتشار 2009