Magnetic resonance angiography

The advent of contrast-enhanced MRA in the early to mid 1990s revolutionized the clinical approach to vascular imaging: an accurate non-invasive imaging modality, not requiring ionizing radiation or potentially nephrotoxic iodinated contrast media, was able to compete with the more hazardous and invasive catheter angiography. Today, MRA is a safe, easy-to-perform procedure routinely used in most imaging centers, and the continued development of faster, more powerful magnets and more effective contrast agents is increasingly helping to overcome many of the early limitations of the technique. Subdivided into three sections (technique, indications and practical applications) and written by experts in the field, this volume provides: detailed information on sequence parameters for different magnets and vascular territories for the optimization of the MRA technique; a broad overview of the principal indications for which contrast-enhanced MR angiography is ideally suited; the typi.