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ArticleTitle | Sequential Gadolinium-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Angiography of the Aortoiliac and the Femoropopliteal Arteries with Repetitive Administration of Low-Dose Contrast Agent |
AuthorList | Koichiro Ito1 and Tatsuo Kumazaki2 |
Affiliation | 1 Department of Radiology, Nippon Medical School, Chiba Hokusoh Hospital 2 Department of Radiology, Nippon Medical School |
Language | EN |
Volume | 67 |
Issue | 6 |
Year | 2000 |
Page | 421-428 |
Received | February 16, 2000 |
Accepted | July 7, 2000 |
Keywords | magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), contrast enhance, gadolinium diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (Gd-DTPA), distal arteries |
Abstract | To obtain a wide-range contrast MR angiography in a single examination, we performed two sequential administrations of low-dose (0.08 mmol/kg) gadolinium diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (Gd-DTPA) with three dimensional inversion recovery prepared fast spoiled gradient recalled acquisition in the steady-state (3D IR-fast SPGR) sequence. Signal characteristics of the sequence were estimated by computed simulations and an in vitro study. A clinical study of 19 examinations was done with sequential MR angiography of the aortoiliac and femoropopliteal arteries. Great signal differences were observed between the high and low Gd concentrations. Higher Gd concentrations generated significantly stronger signals. Greater signals were produced at TIs of longer than 150 msec than at shorter than 100 msec. In the clinical study, the arteries were visualized with sufficient signals even with a small amount of contrast agent. Contrast-to-noise ratios between the arteries and surrounding skeletal muscles or fat tissues ranged from 10.5±9.6 to 4.7±2.2 and 6.6±2.8 to-3.1±11.2, respectively. No venous enhancement was found with diluted contrast agent on the second MR angiography. Two consecutive contrast MR angiographies can be obtained with repetitive administration of low-dose contrast agent. |
Correspondence to | Koichiro Ito, Department of Radiology, Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Nippon Medical School, 1715 Kamakari, Inba-mura, Inba-gun, Chiba 270-1613, Japan |
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