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Chen CW, Tseng YH, Kao CC, Ngo YG, Lee CY, Yang TY, Lin YH, Huang YK. Venous Segmental Flow Changes after Superficial Venous Intervention Demonstrating by Quantitative Phase-Contrast Magnetic Resonance Analysis: Preliminary Data from a Longitudinal Cohort Study. J Pers Med 2022; 12:jpm12061000. [PMID: 35743784 PMCID: PMC9224938 DOI: 10.3390/jpm12061000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2022] [Revised: 06/11/2022] [Accepted: 06/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The effects of superficial venous intervention on hemodynamics can be quantified using two-dimensional phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging (2D PC-MRI). Twelve patients received pre- and postintervention 2D PC-MRI analysis using quantitative hemodynamic parameters. Fifteen healthy volunteers served as controls. The 2D PC-MRI results of the target limbs (limbs scheduled for intervention for venous reflux) differed from those of the controls in terms of stroke volume (SV), forward flow volume (FFV), absolute stroke volume (ASV), and mean flux (MF) in all venous segments. The velocity time integral (VTI) and mean velocity (MV) of the popliteal vein (PV) segments were similar between the target limbs and controls preoperatively. After intervention, the target limbs exhibited an increase in VTI and MV in the femoral vein (FV) and PV segments. We compared the target and nontreated limbs of the individual patients preoperatively and postoperatively to minimalize individual bias. All QFlow parameter ratios in the FV segment increased after venous intervention (VTI, p = 0.025; MV, p = 0.024). In the PV segment, FFV and ASV increased significantly (p = 0.035 and 0.024, respectively). After interventions, the volume (FFV and ASV) of the PV segment and the efficiency (VTI and MV) of the FV segment significantly increased.
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- Chien-Wei Chen
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Chia Yi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi 61363, Taiwan;
- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan; (C.-C.K.); (Y.G.N.); (C.-Y.L.); (T.-Y.Y.)
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chia Yi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi 61363, Taiwan;
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- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan; (C.-C.K.); (Y.G.N.); (C.-Y.L.); (T.-Y.Y.)
- Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chia Yi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi 61363, Taiwan
- Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chia Yi Hospital, MOHW, Chiayi 61363, Taiwan
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- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan; (C.-C.K.); (Y.G.N.); (C.-Y.L.); (T.-Y.Y.)
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chia Yi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi 61363, Taiwan;
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- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan; (C.-C.K.); (Y.G.N.); (C.-Y.L.); (T.-Y.Y.)
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chia Yi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi 61363, Taiwan;
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- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan; (C.-C.K.); (Y.G.N.); (C.-Y.L.); (T.-Y.Y.)
- Cardiology, Chia Yi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi 61363, Taiwan;
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- Cardiology, Chia Yi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi 61363, Taiwan;
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- College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan; (C.-C.K.); (Y.G.N.); (C.-Y.L.); (T.-Y.Y.)
- Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chia Yi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi 61363, Taiwan
- Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chia Yi Hospital, MOHW, Chiayi 61363, Taiwan
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A Novel Tool for a Challenging Disease: Stasis Leg Ulcers Assessed Using QFlow in Triggered Angiography Noncontrast Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging. J Pers Med 2021; 11:jpm11090857. [PMID: 34575634 PMCID: PMC8472672 DOI: 10.3390/jpm11090857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2021] [Revised: 08/25/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Imaging characteristics of stasis leg ulcers (SLUs) are not easily demonstrated through existing diagnostic tools. Early diagnosis and treatment are crucial. This pilot study was conducted to assess the quantitative flow (QFlow) in triggered angiography noncontrast enhanced (TRANCE) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to identify the hemodynamics of victims with stasis leg ulcers (SLUs). This study included 33 patients with SLUs and 14 healthy controls (HC). The 33 patients with SLUs were divided into a reflux (15 patients) and a nonreflux group (18 patients). QFlow was done in the reflux, the nonreflux, and the HC. The stroke volume (SV), forward flow volume (FFV), absolute flow volume (AFV), mean flow (MF), and mean velocity (MV) were higher in the reflux than in the HC group in most segments, namely the external iliac vein (EIV), popliteal vein (PV), and great saphenous vein (GSV) (SV, p = 0.008; FFV, p = 0.008; absolute stroke volume (ASV), p = 0.008; MF, p = 0.002; MV, p = 0.009). No differences in the QFlow patterns were found in the GSV segment between the nonreflux group and the HC. Excellent performance in discriminating SLU with superficial venous reflux was reported for SV in the EIV and the PV (area under the curve (AUC) = 0.851 and 0.872), FFV in the EIV and PV (AUC = 0.854 and 0.869), ASV in the EIV and PV (AUC = 0.848 and 0.881), and MF in the EIV and PV (AUC = 0.866 and 0.868). The cutoff levels of SV/FFV/ASV/MF in the EIV/FV/PV/GSV for discriminating the SLU with superficial venous reflux were identified (p < 0.005). In conclusion, SLUs present different QFlow patterns by different etiology. The QFlow parameters of all vessel segments were higher in the morbid limbs of the reflux group than HC. The GSV segment of the nonreflux group displayed a pattern like the HC.
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Chen CW, Tseng YH, Wong MY, Lin YH, Yang TY, Hsu YC, Lin BS, Huang YK. Using Non-Contrast MRA to Discriminate between Obstructive and Nonobstructive Venous Diseases of the Legs. Diagnostics (Basel) 2021; 11:1392. [PMID: 34441326 PMCID: PMC8394703 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics11081392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2021] [Revised: 07/25/2021] [Accepted: 07/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Venous interventions of the legs are less predictable owing to a lock of objective tools. METHODS One hundred and twenty patients with lower extremity venous disease were evaluated anatomically using TRANCE MRI. Then, a QFlow analysis was performed in 53 patients with only one leg affected for hemodynamic evaluation. Those patients with complete QFlow were classified into obstructive and nonobstructive. RESULTS The QFlow-namely, stroke volume, forward flow volume, mean flux, stroke distance (SD), and mean velocity (MV) in the external iliac vein (EIV), femoral vein (FV), popliteal vein (PV), and great saphenous vein (GSV). The obstructed group had a shorter SD and lower MV in the EIV, EIV/FV, and GSV/PV (SD: p-values of 0.025, 0.05, and 0.043, respectively; MV: p-values of 0.02, 0.05, and 0.048, respectively). A good performance in discriminating obstructive venous disease was reported for SD in the EIV (area under the curve (AUC) = 67.9%, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 53.2-82.7%), EIV/FV (AUC = 72.4%, 95% CI = 58.2-86.5%), and GSV/PV (AUC = 67.9%, 95% CI = 51.7-84.1%). The SD in the EIV, EIV/FV, and GSV/PV had the ability to discriminate between obstructive and nonobstructive diseases (p-values of 0.025, 0.005, and 0.043). The MV in the EIV, EIV/FV, and GSV/PV had ability to discriminate between obstructive and nonobstructive venous diseases (p-values of 0.02, 0.005, and 0.048). CONCLUSIONS The SD and MV were lower for obstructive than nonobstructive disease in the EIV.
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- Chien-Wei Chen
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Chia Yi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, Chiayi 61363, Taiwan; (C.-W.C.); (Y.-C.H.)
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- Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chia Yi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33323, Taiwan; (Y.-H.T.); (M.Y.W.); (Y.-H.L.)
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- Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chia Yi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33323, Taiwan; (Y.-H.T.); (M.Y.W.); (Y.-H.L.)
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- Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chia Yi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33323, Taiwan; (Y.-H.T.); (M.Y.W.); (Y.-H.L.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Chia Yi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33323, Taiwan;
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Chia Yi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, Chiayi 61363, Taiwan; (C.-W.C.); (Y.-C.H.)
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- Institute of Imaging and Biomedical Photonics, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University and Department of Medical Research, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan 71004, Taiwan;
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- Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chia Yi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33323, Taiwan; (Y.-H.T.); (M.Y.W.); (Y.-H.L.)
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Stasis Leg Ulcers: Venous System Revises by Triggered Angiography Non-Contrast-Enhanced Sequence Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Diagnostics (Basel) 2020; 10:diagnostics10090707. [PMID: 32957628 PMCID: PMC7554685 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics10090707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Revised: 08/29/2020] [Accepted: 09/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Objectives: The distribution of venous pathology in stasis leg ulcers is unclear. The main reason for this uncertainty is the lack of objective diagnostic tools. To fill this gap, we assessed the effectiveness of triggered angiography non-contrast-enhanced (TRANCE)-magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in determining the venous status of patients with stasis leg ulcers. Methods: This prospective observational study included the data of 23 patients with stasis leg ulcers who underwent TRANCE-MRI between April 2017 and May 2020; the data were retrospectively analyzed. TRANCE MRI utilizes differences in vascular signal intensity during the cardiac cycle for subsequent image subtraction, providing not only a venogram but also an arteriogram without the use of contrast agents or radiation. Results: TRANCE MRI revealed that the stasis leg ulcers of nine of the 23 patients could be attributed to valvular insufficiency and venous occlusion (including deep venous thrombosis [DVT], May–Thurner syndrome, and other external compression). Moreover, TRANCE MRI demonstrated no venous pathology in five patients (21.7%). We analyzed TRANCE MRI hemodynamic parameters, namely stroke volume, forward flow volume, backward flow volume, regurgitant fraction, absolute volume, mean flux, stroke distance, and mean velocity, in the external iliac vein, femoral vein, popliteal vein, and great saphenous vein (GSV) in three of the patients with valvular insufficiency and three of those with venous occlusion. We found that the mean velocity and stroke volume in the GSV was higher than that in the popliteal vein in all patients with venous valvular insufficiency. Conclusions: Stasis leg ulcers may have no underlying venous disease and could be confirmed by TRANCE-MRI. TRANCE MRI has good Interrater reliability between Duplex study in greater saphenous venous insufficiency. It also potentially surpasses existing diagnostic modalities in terms of distinguishable hemodynamic figures. Accordingly, TRANCE-MRI is a safe and useful tool for examining stasis leg ulcers and is extensively applied currently.
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Klasen J, Blondin D, Schmitt P, Bi X, Sansone R, Wittsack HJ, Kröpil P, Quentin M, Kuhlemann J, Miese F, Heiss C, Kelm M, Antoch G, Lanzman R. Nonenhanced ECG-gated quiescent-interval single-shot MRA (QISS-MRA) of the lower extremities: Comparison with contrast-enhanced MRA. Clin Radiol 2012; 67:441-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2011.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2011] [Revised: 10/09/2011] [Accepted: 10/12/2011] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Magnetic resonance angiography: current status in the planning and follow-up of endovascular treatment in lower-limb arterial disease. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 2009; 32:397-405. [PMID: 19130124 DOI: 10.1007/s00270-008-9467-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2008] [Revised: 10/13/2008] [Accepted: 10/16/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) has become an established imaging modality in the management of lower-limb arterial disease, with emerging roles in treatment planning and follow-up. Contrast-enhanced MRA is now the most widely used technique with clinically acceptable results in the majority of patients. Difficulties in imaging and image interpretation are recognised in certain subgroups, including patients with critical limb ischaemia as well as patients with stents. Although newer contrast agents and refined imaging protocols may offer some solutions to these problems, this optimism is balanced by concerns about the toxicity of certain gadolinium chelates. Further development of interventional MRA remains one of the most significant challenges in the development of magnetic resonance imaging-guided peripheral vascular intervention. The status of MRA in managing patients with lower-limb arterial disease in current clinical practice is reviewed.
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Whole-Body MRA. Eur Radiol 2008; 18:1925-36. [DOI: 10.1007/s00330-007-0817-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2007] [Revised: 10/17/2007] [Accepted: 10/24/2007] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Morita S, Kimura T, Masukawa A, Saito N, Suzuki K, Mitsuhashi N. Flow direction of ascending lumbar veins on magnetic resonance angiography and venography: would "descending lumbar veins" be a more precise name physiologically? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 32:749-53. [PMID: 17151894 DOI: 10.1007/s00261-006-9166-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Physiological flow direction of ascending lumbar vein (ALV) is not well recognized. METHODS Two-dimensional time-of-flight magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) examinations of the lower extremities in 44 patients and venography (MRV) in 59 patients were retrospectively reviewed. chi2 analysis was used to compare the frequency of ALV detection between the MRA and MRV groups and between cases with filling defects above the ALV confluence and other cases in the MRV group. RESULTS Frequency of ALV detection was significantly higher in the MRA group (60 of 88 veins, 68.2%) than in the MRV group (9 of 118 veins, 7.6%, P < 0.0001) and in cases with filling defects above the ALV confluence (8 of 23 veins, 34.8%; 6 were compression of the left common iliac vein by the right common iliac artery, 2 were thrombus of the proximal bilateral common iliac veins) than in other cases (1 of 95 veins, 1.1%) in the MRV group (P < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS Without compression or occlusion above the ALV confluence, the general flow direction of the ALVs is not ascending but descending, suggesting that "descending lumbar veins" is a more physiologically precise name for these veins than ALVs.
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- Satoru Morita
- Department of Radiology, Saiseikai Kurihashi Hospital, 714-6, Gotanda, Kouemon, Kurihashi-Machi, Kitakatsushika-Gun, Saitama, 349-1105, Japan.
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Beckman JA, Creager MA. Peripheral Arterial Disease: Clinical Evaluation. Vasc Med 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-7216-0284-4.50023-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Venkataraman S, Semelka RC, Weeks S, Braga L, Vaidean G. Assessment of aorto-iliac disease with magnetic resonance angiography using arterial phase 3-D gradient-echo and interstitial phase 2-D fat-suppressed spoiled gradient-echo sequences. J Magn Reson Imaging 2003; 17:43-53. [PMID: 12500273 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.10235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To evaluate magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) of the pelvis for the examination of the aorto-iliac system using arterial phase 3-D gradient echo and interstitial phase 2-D fat-suppressed spoiled gradient-echo (SGE), with comparison to surgery and angiography. MATERIALS AND METHODS Ninety MR angiograms performed on 79 consecutive patients were analyzed, retrospectively, for the presence of narrowing, aneurysm, and dissection. Comparisons were made with angiography and surgery in 50 examinations, and a weighted kappa statistic test was applied to assess agreement. MR examinations were performed at 1.5T 3-D fast imaging in steady state precession (FISP) acquired immediately, and fat-suppressed SGE in the interstitial phase following gadolinium administration. RESULTS MRA had overall sensitivities of 100% at aortic segments, 100% at common iliac, 93.8% at external, and 95.7% at internal iliac, and specificities of 100% at aortic segments, 89.7% at common iliac, 95.2% at external iliac, and 88.7% at internal iliac in detection of vascular disease. The agreement of MRA with the angiography and surgery yielded a weighted kappa statistic of 0.97 at the aortic, 0.94 at the common, 0.85 at the external, and 0.82 at the internal iliac segments. CONCLUSION This study demonstrates an excellent performance of MRA in the evaluation of aorto-iliac arterial system and almost perfect agreement with angiography and surgery at all vascular levels.
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Naganawa S, Ito T, Iwayama E, Fukatsu H, Ishiguchi T, Ishigaki T, Ichinose N. Magnitude subtraction vs. complex subtraction in dynamic contrast-enhanced 3D-MR angiography: basic experiments and clinical evaluation. J Magn Reson Imaging 1999; 10:813-20. [PMID: 10548793 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1522-2586(199911)10:5<813::aid-jmri28>3.0.co;2-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Magnitude subtraction and complex subtraction in dynamic contrast-enhanced three-dimensional magnetic resonance (3D-MR) angiography were compared using a phantom and 23 human subjects. In phantom studies, complex subtraction showed far better performance than magnitude subtraction, especially for longer echo times, with thicker slices, and without fat suppression. With complex subtraction, non-fat-suppressed studies showed contrast-to-noise ratios comparable to those in fat-suppressed studies. In human subjects, complex subtraction was superior to magnitude subtraction in 9 subjects, but comparable to magnitude subtraction in 14 subjects. There were no cases in which magnitude subtraction was superior to complex subtraction. Although the differences observed in human studies when complex subtraction was applied with thinner slices, shorter echo times, and the fat-suppression technique were not as pronounced as those seen in phantom studies, complex subtraction should be performed in dynamic contrast-enhanced 3D-MR angiography because there are no drawbacks in complex subtraction. Further research is necessary to assess the feasibility of dynamic contrast-enhanced 3D-MR angiography without fat suppression in human subjects using complex subtraction, as suggested by the results of phantom studies. If it is found to be feasible, dynamic contrast-enhanced 3D-MR angiography without fat suppression using complex subtraction may prove to be a robust technique that eliminates the need for shimming and can reduce the acquisition time. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 1999;10:813-820.
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- Department of Radiology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan.
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