MRI of the coronary vessel wall at 3 T: comparison of radial and cartesian k-space sampling.

Bansmann, Paul M; Priest, Andrew N; Muellerleile, Kai; Stork, Alexander; Lund, Gunnar K; Kaul, Michael G; Adam, Gerhard · AJR Am J Roentgenol · 2007

cross_sectional · Level IV

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Abstract

The purpose of our study was to compare the quality of 3D gradient-echo images obtained using radial versus cartesian k-space sampling at 3 T. This study shows that the quality of coronary vessel wall imaging of the right coronary artery with radial k-space sampling in 3D turbo field-echo sequences is superior to cartesian k-space sampling at 3 T. Radial k-space sampling at 3 T makes it possible to combine low motion artifact susceptibility with high signal-to-noise ratio.

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