Is there an optimal respiratory reference position for self-navigated whole-heart coronary MR angiography?

• Published in: Journal of magnetic resonance imaging Vol. 43; no. 2; pp. 426 - 433
• Main Authors: Piccini, Davide, Bonanno, Gabriele, Ginami, Giulia, Littmann, Arne, Zenge, Michael O., Stuber, Matthias
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2016; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Adult; Coronary Angiography - methods; coronary MRA; Coronary Vessels - physiology; Female; free-breathing; Humans; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; Magnetic Resonance Angiography - methods; Magnetic resonance imaging; Male; reference position; Reference Values; Respiration; respiratory motion; self-navigation; Signal-To-Noise Ratio; free-breathing; coronary MRA; self-navigation; reference position; respiratory motion

Purpose To test the direct influence of the reference respiratory position on image quality for self‐navigated whole‐heart coronary MRI. Methods Self‐navigated whole‐heart coronary MRI was performed in 11 healthy adult subjects. Respiratory motion was compensated for by using three different respira...