A Parallel Acquisition Optimized Peripheral Vascular Coil for Combination Time Resolved and High Resolution Peripheral CE-MRA

J. H. Maki, G. J. Wilson, R. M. Hoogeveen, W. B. Eubank, D. J. Glickerman, J. Whitnah, M. B. Mathis, C. E. Hayes Radiology, Puget Sound VAHCS, Seattle, WA, United States, Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States, Philips Medical, Cleveland, OH, United States, Philips Medical, Best, Netherlands Introduction Evaluation of the peripheral arterial vasculature represents one of the most successful applications of contrast enhanced MR angiography (CE-MRA). With the advent of faster imaging systems employing multi-station phased array coils, parallel imaging, faster gradients, view-sharing, and rapid moving table technology, the simplicity and efficiency of single injection techniques has improved to where excellent results are routinely obtained. This work describes a systematic method for combining these advances to custom tailor imaging parameters for each individual patient to optimize a combination of time-resolved and static high-resolution peripheral MRA.