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2. 1 Pulse Sequences c Fig. 2. ) The poor white/grey matter contrast of the SE T1 sequence (a) required performance of the other two highcontrast sequences. Note the typical high signal of the larger arterial vessels in c (arrow) deed, the reduction in T1 differences among different types of tissues entails a loss of contrast between white and grey matter. e. fast GE T1 (spoiled gradient echo, SPGR, or MP-RAGE) and fast IR or fast FLAIR T1-weighted (Figs. 4) [7 – 9]. a Fig. 3 a–e. 8, BW 50 kHz, FOV 160, matrix 416 × 320, slice thickness 2 mm).
0 T MRA [27, 28]. Fig. 9. 0 T. 0 T MR Angiography a b c d Fig. 10. Small berry aneurysm of the supraclinoid stretch of the left carotid siphon. 0 T MRA Fig. 11. Small, multiple aneurysms (left carotid siphon, middle cerebral arteries bilaterally). 0 T MR Angiography Fig. 12. 0 T. 0 T systems make MRA superior even to digital subtraction angiography, especially for studying atherosclerotic disease and vascular malformations like aneurysms, despite its lower spatial resolution. Digital angiography is increasingly being reserved for interventional and therapeutic rather than diagnostic applications (Figs.
12. 0 T. 0 T systems make MRA superior even to digital subtraction angiography, especially for studying atherosclerotic disease and vascular malformations like aneurysms, despite its lower spatial resolution. Digital angiography is increasingly being reserved for interventional and therapeutic rather than diagnostic applications (Figs. 18) [29]. Fig. 14. 0 T. MIP images (a–c); single partitions (d, e); digital angiography (f) Fig. 13. 0 T MR Angiography a b c d Fig. 15. Partially thrombosed giant aneurysm of the intracavernous segment of the left internal carotid artery.