This article is part of the supplement: Abstracts of the 13th Annual SCMR Scientific Sessions - 2010 .

Moderated poster presentation

Whole chest MRA and velocimetry for congenital heart disease in less than 10 minutes with 3D radial phase contrast

Christopher J Francois, Benjamin Landgraf, Kevin M Johnson, Elizabeth J Nett, Scott B Reeder, Mark L Schiebler and Oliver Wieben

University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA

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from 13th Annual SCMR Scientific Sessions
Phoenix, AZ, USA. 21-24 January 2010

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2010, 12(Suppl 1):M3doi:10.1186/1532-429X-12-S1-M3

Published:	21 January 2010

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MRI of congenital heart disease (CHD) usually requires acquisition of multiple anatomical and functional scans followed by several 2D phase contrast (PC) acquisitions in various scan planes for flow measurements. A 3D PC technique using vastly undersampled isotropic projection reconstruction (PCVIPR) with respiratory gating allows for volumetric 3D flow imaging with high spatial and temporal resolution over a large field of view in less than ten minutes during free breathing. Previously shown to be accurate for renal MRA and quanitification of pressure gradients, we have recently extended this technique to thoracic MRA (Figure 1).