Open AccessDiagnostic accuracy of non-contrast quiescent-interval slice-selective (QISS) MRA combined with MRI-based vascular calcification visualization for the assessment of arterial stenosis in patients with lower extremity peripheral artery disease
Author(s) -
Ákos Varga-Szemes,
Megha Penmetsa,
Tilman Emrich,
Thomas M. Todoran,
Pál Surányi,
Stephen R. Fuller,
Robert R. Edelman,
Ioannis Koktzoglou,
U. Joseph Schoepf
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
european radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.606
H-Index - 149
eISSN - 1432-1084
pISSN - 0938-7994
DOI - 10.1007/s00330-020-07386-4
Subject(s) - medicine , neuroradiology , nuclear medicine , radiology , calcification , digital subtraction angiography , stenosis , peripheral , angiography , neurology , psychiatry
The proton density-weighted, in-phase stack-of-stars (PDIP-SOS) MRI technique provides calcification visualization in peripheral artery disease (PAD). This study sought to investigate the diagnostic accuracy of a combined non-contrast quiescent-interval slice-selective (QISS) MRA and PDIP-SOS MRI protocol for the detection of PAD, in comparison with CTA and digital subtraction angiography (DSA).