Mona Salehi Ravesh, Ulf Jensen-Kondering, Julia Juhasz, Sönke Peters, Monika Huhndorf, Joachim Graessner, Thomas W D Möbius, Marcus Both, Olav Jansen, Jan-Bernd Hövener
PURPOSE: The aim of this work was to optimize a three-dimensional (3D) phase-contrast venography (PCV) product MR pulse sequence in order to obtain clinically reliable images with less artifacts for an improved depiction of the cranio-cervical venous vessels. METHODS: Starting from the product sequence, the 3D PCV protocol was optimized in eight steps with respect to the velocity encoding (Venc ) direction and value, slice thickness, reduction of susceptibility artifacts and arterial contamination, gradient mode and radio-frequency (RF)-spoiling, B0 -Shimming, asymmetric echo technique and RF-pulse type, and flip angle...
January 4, 2019: Neuroradiology