Noncontrast-enhanced magnetic resonance renal angiography using a repetitive artery and venous labelling technique at 3 T: comparison with contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography in subjects with normal renal function

• Published in: European radiology Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 533 - 540
• Main Authors: Park, Sung Yoon, Kim, Chan Kyo, Kim, EunJu, Park, Byung Kwan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.02.2015; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Contrast Media; Diagnostic Radiology; Feasibility Studies; Female; Glomerular Filtration Rate - physiology; Humans; Hypertension; Imaging; Imaging, Three-Dimensional - methods; Internal Medicine; Interventional Radiology; Kidney - blood supply; Kidney - physiology; Labeling; Magnetic Resonance; Magnetic Resonance Angiography - methods; Male; Medical imaging; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Neuroradiology; Radiology; Renal Artery - anatomy & histology; Renal Veins - anatomy & histology; Ultrasound; Veins & arteries; South Korea; Noncontrast enhanced; 3 Tesla; Renal artery; Repetitive artery and venous labelling; Magnetic resonance angiography

Objectives To investigate the feasibility of noncontrast-enhanced MR angiography (NC-MRA) using the repetitive artery and venous labelling (RAVEL) technique to evaluate renal arteries compared to contrast-enhanced MR angiography (CE-MRA). Methods Twenty-five subjects with normal renal function under...