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MRA of the Peripheral Vasculature

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Clinical Blood Pool MR Imaging

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Since the first description of moving-bed contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography (CE-MRA) in 1998 [1], the technique has seen numerous refinements and is now widely applied in clinical practice throughout the world. The most widely used technique is to obtain a luminogram during first arterial passage of an extracellular MR contrast agent, often in combination with background subtraction to improve vessel-to-background contrast.

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

    Tim Leiner

  2. Department of Radiology Puget Sound Veterans, Adminstration Health Care System, Seattle, Washington, USA

    Jeffrey H. Maki

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Leiner, T., Maki, J.H. (2008). MRA of the Peripheral Vasculature. 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_9

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