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Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine
Published in: Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine 1/2020

Open Access 01-02-2020 | Renal Artery Stenosis | Research Article

Comparison of axial and coronal acquisitions by non-contrast-enhanced renal 3D MR angiography using flow-in time-spatial labeling inversion pulse

Authors: Junji Takahashi, Yuki Ohmoto-Sekine, Takashi Yoshida, Mitsue Miyazaki

Published in: Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine | Issue 1/2020

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Abstract

Objective

We evaluated image quality differences between axial and coronal non-contrast-enhanced renal three-dimensional (3D) magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) acquisitions, using time-spatial labeling inversion pulse (Time-SLIP) with flow-in balanced steady-state free precession (bSSFP).

Materials and methods

Axial and coronal images were acquired in 128 subjects using non-contrast-enhanced 3D-MRA with Time-SLIP flow-in bSSFP on a clinical 1.5-T MRI system. Visualization of source and maximum intensity projection (MIP) images of renal arteries were compared between the axial and coronal acquisitions using a four-point scale. For quantitative analysis, vessel-to-background contrast ratios of aorta and renal arteries were calculated.

Results

Both acquisitions yielded similarly excellent quality. In source image evaluation, coronal acquisitions showed significantly more motion degradation (p < 0.01) than did axial acquisitions. In MIP image evaluation, coronal acquisitions yielded superior image quality, less motion degradation, and better visualization of the number of renal branches than did axial acquisition. The renal artery to background signal contrast was greater in coronal than in axial acquisitions (p < 0.01).

Conclusion

Coronal acquisition provides superior contrast between the renal arteries and background and allows more persistent visualization than axial acquisitions in non-contrast-enhanced MRA using flow-in bSSFP with Time-SLIP. First-line screening of renal non-contrast-enhanced MRA should involve coronal acquisition.
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Metadata
Title
Comparison of axial and coronal acquisitions by non-contrast-enhanced renal 3D MR angiography using flow-in time-spatial labeling inversion pulse
Authors
Junji Takahashi
Yuki Ohmoto-Sekine
Takashi Yoshida
Mitsue Miyazaki
Publication date
01-02-2020
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine / Issue 1/2020
Print ISSN: 0968-5243
Electronic ISSN: 1352-8661
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10334-019-00796-6

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