Quantitative velocity images from thick slab 2D phase contrast.
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Abstract
Thick slab two-dimensional phase contrast (2D PC) angiography provides a large amount of anatomical information in a short acquisition time. Quantitative velocity information is, however, destroyed by the necessary projection dephasing gradient. We present a 2D PC acquisition scheme which retains quantitative velocity information in a thick slab acquisition. A thick slab acquisition produces an image which is a projection through an entire vessel. Accurate velocity measurements must take into account the intravoxel phase cancellation caused by a distribution of velocities within the vessel. In addition to the description of the data acquisition scheme, we outline a method for determining the mean velocity within a vessel having a laminar flow distribution. It is shown that without the consideration for intravoxel phase cancellation, the mean velocity measurement from thick slab images overestimates the true mean velocity by 10%.
Affiliation
Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
External References
- PubMed ID:
- 8429786
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