Clinical application of 3D VIBECAIPI-DIXON for non-enhanced imaging of the pancreas compared to a standard 2D fat-saturated FLASH.

Purpose: To compare a fast 3D VIBE sequence with Dixon fat saturation and CAIPIRINHA acceleration techniques (3D VIBE(CAIPI-DIXON)) to a standard 2D FLASH sequence with spectral fat saturation and conventional GRAPPA acceleration technique (2D Flash(GRAPPA-fs)) for non-enhanced imaging of the pancreas.

Methods And Materials: In this retrospective, institutional review board-approved intra-individual comparison study, 29 patients (7 female, 22 male; mean age 60.4 ± 20.

Peripheral MRA with continuous table movement: imaging speed and robustness compared to a conventional stepping table technique.

Purpose: To investigate the potential of continuous table movement (CTM)-MRA for reduction of acquisition time and to evaluate the image quality in comparison to conventional stepping table (CST) MRA.

Materials And Methods: The data of 82 patients were included in this retrospective, IRB-approved study. All patients underwent peripheral MRA at our institution.