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Magnetic resonance angiography
Author(s) -
Gelber Nicholas D,
Ragland Ronald L
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1993.tb121657.x
Subject(s) - magnetic resonance angiography , medical physics , radiology , medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , relevance (law) , computer science , political science , law
Objective To outline the physical principles of magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), major current MRA techniques, clinical indications and some of the limitations of MRA. The rapidly changing nature of MRA techniques is stressed. Data sources and data extraction The MRA literature for the last eight years is reviewed with particular attention to the changing clinical role of MRA. Details of specific MRA techniques are omitted for simplicity and because of their lack of direct relevance to the clinicians requesting MRA examinations. Data concerning the clinical role of MRA techniques are extracted from the literature and combined with our own clinical experience. Data synthesis While stressing the rapidly changing nature of this new investigational technique, we find that MRA has a number of current roles in patient management. Conclusions MRA is currently a useful investigation and will in all likelihood become more useful In the future as the technique improves further and becomes more available.