Figure 1
(A) Schematic diagram of the proposed non-contrast whole-heart MRA acquisition with Heart-NAV. (B) Schematic diagram of the proposed contrast-enhanced whole-heart MRA with Heart-NAV. (C) Images of non-contrast whole-heart MRA acquisitions with a conventional-NAV and with Heart-NAV from 2 healthy volunteers. (D) Coronal images of contrast-enhanced whole-heart MRA acquisitions with a conventional-NAV and Heart-NAV from 2 patients. Fat sup, fat suppression pulse; FOS, fold-over suppression pulse; IR pulse, inversion recovery pulse; SP, startup pulses; SSFP, steady-state free precession pulse; T2-prep, T2-preparation pulse; TR, repetition time.