3D time-resolved contrast-enhanced cerebrovascular MR angiography with subsecond frame update times using radial k-space trajectories and highly constrained projection reconstruction

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2007 Nov-Dec;28(10):2001-4. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A0772. Epub 2007 Oct 10.

Abstract

HYPR TRICKS is an acquisition method that combines radial k-space trajectories, sampling k-space at different rates (TRICKS), and a new strategy for image reconstruction that uses highly constrained backprojection reconstruction (HYPR). This approach provides 3D time-resolved contrast-enhanced MR angiograms of the cerebral vessels with subsecond frame update times and submillimeter in-plane spatial resolution. Artifacts are suppressed, and signal-to-noise ratio is well maintained, by using HYPR reconstruction.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Cerebral Arteries / anatomy & histology*
  • Cerebral Arteries / pathology
  • Cerebrovascular Circulation
  • Contrast Media
  • Gadolinium DTPA
  • Humans
  • Image Enhancement
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / methods*
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional*
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / diagnosis
  • Magnetic Resonance Angiography / methods*

Substances

  • Contrast Media
  • gadodiamide
  • Gadolinium DTPA