Abstract
Magnetic resonance images often fail to distinguish the iliac vessels on one side. Phantom studies and theoretical analysis demonstrated that this phenomenon arises from a loss of the flow void effect. At a certain angle, the additional phase accumulation that results from motion in the section-selection direction exactly cancels the additional phase accumulation from motion in the frequency-encoding direction. Thus, vessels that cut through the imaging plane near this critical angle have substantial signal intensity. This artifact can be eliminated by alternating the direction of the section-selection gradient on sequential phase encodings.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 555-557 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Radiology |
Volume | 164 |
Issue number | 2 |
State | Published - 1987 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiological and Ultrasound Technology