Continuous Table Movement for Peripheral MRA with Matrix Coils at 3.0T – Initial Experience

Purpose: To compare a standard step-by-step and a newly developed continuous table movement (ct) technique for peripheral MRA at 3.0 Tesla. Materials and Methods: We included 14 consecutive patients referred for peripheral MRA with clinical symptoms of peripheral arterial occlusive disease. All of them underwent both step-by-step MRA and ct-MRA in one session. No patients with impaired renal function were enrolled in the trial. All exams were performed on a 3T MR-System. Maximal contrast agent (CA) volume was 31.5ml (1.5ml test bolus, 15ml/MRA technique). Spatial resolution of the ct-MRA datasets was technically…