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Abdominal MRA

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More than 10 years after the groundbreaking publication on Gd-enhanced abdominal magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) by Prince and colleagues, MRA has established itself as the problem-solving clinical vascular imaging modality [1, 2]. The previously used MRA techniques, time-of-flight (TOF) MRA and phase-contrast (PC) MRA [3], have major limitations for imaging of the abdominal vessels. Today, virtually every scanner in use meets the hardware requirements for 3D CE-MRA. A complete examination of the abdominal organs and vessels can be easily performed in 20 min and yields high-resolution, high-contrast images of the abdominal arteries [2]. Especially in patients with suspected renal artery disease, the widespread use of MRA is a success story which has been fostered by several factors [4]. In contrast to the main competitors Doppler-ultrasound (DUS) and computed tomography angiography (CTA), MRA has striking advantages. MRA is operator independent, and the resulting three-dimensional images can be post-processed to allow for better visualization of the structures of interest.

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  1. Department of Clinical Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Mannheim Medical Faculty Mannheim-University of Heidelberg, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3, 68167, Mannheim, Germany

    Henrik J. Michaely

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  1. Department of Radiology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Peter Debijelaan 25, 6229 HX, Maastricht, The Netherlands

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  2. University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20251, Hamburg, Germany

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  3. European Business Unit Diagnostic Imaging, Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Muellerstrasse 178, 13353, Berlin, Germany

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  4. Department of Clinical Radiology and Nuclear Medicine University Hospital Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim-University of Heidelberg, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3, 68167, Mannheim, Germany

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Michaely, H.J. (2008). Abdominal MRA. In: Leiner, T., Goyen, M., Rohrer, M., Schönberg, S. (eds) Clinical Blood Pool MR Imaging. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77861-5_8

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