TY - JOUR
T1 - Detection of coronary stenoses on source and projection images using three-dimensional MR angiography with retrospective respiratory gating
T2 - Preliminary experience
AU - Woodard, Pamela K.
AU - Li, Debiao
AU - Haacke, E. Mark
AU - Dhawale, Paritosh J.
AU - Kaushikkar, Shantanu
AU - Barzilai, Benico
AU - Braverman, Alan C.
AU - Ludbrook, Philip A.
AU - Weiss, Alan N.
AU - Brown, Jeffrey J.
AU - Mirowitz, Scott A.
AU - Pilgram, Thomas K.
AU - Gutierrez, Fernando R.
PY - 1998/4
Y1 - 1998/4
N2 - OBJECTIVE. Our objective was to study the ability of three-dimensional MR angiography with retrospective respiratory gating to reveal stenoses in proximal coronary arteries on source and projection images. CONCLUSION. Proximal coronary artery stenoses can be identified using three-dimensional MR angiography with retrospective respiratory gating, both with projection images and on source images alone. Reasons for missed lesions included collateral vessels and retrograde flow distal to complete occlusion and volume averaging of vessels with adjacent structures. Causes of false- positive interpretations include small foci of decreased signal intensity distal to complete occlusion, partial volume effects on individual partitions, and regions of distal vessels leaving the imaging plane.
AB - OBJECTIVE. Our objective was to study the ability of three-dimensional MR angiography with retrospective respiratory gating to reveal stenoses in proximal coronary arteries on source and projection images. CONCLUSION. Proximal coronary artery stenoses can be identified using three-dimensional MR angiography with retrospective respiratory gating, both with projection images and on source images alone. Reasons for missed lesions included collateral vessels and retrograde flow distal to complete occlusion and volume averaging of vessels with adjacent structures. Causes of false- positive interpretations include small foci of decreased signal intensity distal to complete occlusion, partial volume effects on individual partitions, and regions of distal vessels leaving the imaging plane.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0031940113&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2214/ajr.170.4.9530027
DO - 10.2214/ajr.170.4.9530027
M3 - Article
C2 - 9530027
AN - SCOPUS:0031940113
SN - 0361-803X
VL - 170
SP - 883
EP - 888
JO - American Journal of Roentgenology
JF - American Journal of Roentgenology
IS - 4
ER -