3-T Navigator Parallel-Imaging Coronary MR Angiography: Targeted-Volume Versus Whole-Heart Acquisition
Shixin Chang1,
Matthew D. Cham2,
Shuguang Hu3 and
Yi Wang2
1 Department of Radiology, Dongfang Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai,
China.
2 Department of Radiology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 575
Lexington Ave., 3rd Fl., New York, NY 10022.
3 Philips Healthcare, Shanghai, China.

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Fig. 1A —52-year-old woman with ST-T depression on ECG who had
consecutively presented with history of chest pain. Targeted-volume
acquisition (A–C) and whole-heart acquisition (D–F).
Targeted-volume acquisition showed markedly better image quality in left main
and left anterior arteries (scored 4 for A vs 2 for D),
moderately better in right coronary artery (scored 4 for B vs 3 for
E), and similar quality in left circumflex artery (scored 3 for both
C and F).
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Fig. 1B —52-year-old woman with ST-T depression on ECG who had
consecutively presented with history of chest pain. Targeted-volume
acquisition (A–C) and whole-heart acquisition (D–F).
Targeted-volume acquisition showed markedly better image quality in left main
and left anterior arteries (scored 4 for A vs 2 for D),
moderately better in right coronary artery (scored 4 for B vs 3 for
E), and similar quality in left circumflex artery (scored 3 for both
C and F).
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Fig. 1C —52-year-old woman with ST-T depression on ECG who had
consecutively presented with history of chest pain. Targeted-volume
acquisition (A–C) and whole-heart acquisition (D–F).
Targeted-volume acquisition showed markedly better image quality in left main
and left anterior arteries (scored 4 for A vs 2 for D),
moderately better in right coronary artery (scored 4 for B vs 3 for
E), and similar quality in left circumflex artery (scored 3 for both
C and F).
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Fig. 1D —52-year-old woman with ST-T depression on ECG who had
consecutively presented with history of chest pain. Targeted-volume
acquisition (A–C) and whole-heart acquisition (D–F).
Targeted-volume acquisition showed markedly better image quality in left main
and left anterior arteries (scored 4 for A vs 2 for D),
moderately better in right coronary artery (scored 4 for B vs 3 for
E), and similar quality in left circumflex artery (scored 3 for both
C and F).
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Fig. 1E —52-year-old woman with ST-T depression on ECG who had
consecutively presented with history of chest pain. Targeted-volume
acquisition (A–C) and whole-heart acquisition (D–F).
Targeted-volume acquisition showed markedly better image quality in left main
and left anterior arteries (scored 4 for A vs 2 for D),
moderately better in right coronary artery (scored 4 for B vs 3 for
E), and similar quality in left circumflex artery (scored 3 for both
C and F).
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Fig. 1F —52-year-old woman with ST-T depression on ECG who had
consecutively presented with history of chest pain. Targeted-volume
acquisition (A–C) and whole-heart acquisition (D–F).
Targeted-volume acquisition showed markedly better image quality in left main
and left anterior arteries (scored 4 for A vs 2 for D),
moderately better in right coronary artery (scored 4 for B vs 3 for
E), and similar quality in left circumflex artery (scored 3 for both
C and F).
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Fig. 2A —51-year-old man with history of chest pain and palpitations
who had ST-T depression on ECG. Targeted-volume acquisition (A–C)
and whole-heart acquisition (D–F). Targeted-volume acquisition
showed moderately better image quality in left main and left anterior
descending arteries (scored 3 for A vs 2 for D), moderately
better in right circumflex artery (scored 3 for B vs 2 for E),
and moderately better in left circumflex artery (scorded 3 for C vs 2
for F).
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Fig. 2B —51-year-old man with history of chest pain and palpitations
who had ST-T depression on ECG. Targeted-volume acquisition (A–C)
and whole-heart acquisition (D–F). Targeted-volume acquisition
showed moderately better image quality in left main and left anterior
descending arteries (scored 3 for A vs 2 for D), moderately
better in right circumflex artery (scored 3 for B vs 2 for E),
and moderately better in left circumflex artery (scorded 3 for C vs 2
for F).
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Fig. 2C —51-year-old man with history of chest pain and palpitations
who had ST-T depression on ECG. Targeted-volume acquisition (A–C)
and whole-heart acquisition (D–F). Targeted-volume acquisition
showed moderately better image quality in left main and left anterior
descending arteries (scored 3 for A vs 2 for D), moderately
better in right circumflex artery (scored 3 for B vs 2 for E),
and moderately better in left circumflex artery (scorded 3 for C vs 2
for F).
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Fig. 2D —51-year-old man with history of chest pain and palpitations
who had ST-T depression on ECG. Targeted-volume acquisition (A–C)
and whole-heart acquisition (D–F). Targeted-volume acquisition
showed moderately better image quality in left main and left anterior
descending arteries (scored 3 for A vs 2 for D), moderately
better in right circumflex artery (scored 3 for B vs 2 for E),
and moderately better in left circumflex artery (scorded 3 for C vs 2
for F).
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Fig. 2E —51-year-old man with history of chest pain and palpitations
who had ST-T depression on ECG. Targeted-volume acquisition (A–C)
and whole-heart acquisition (D–F). Targeted-volume acquisition
showed moderately better image quality in left main and left anterior
descending arteries (scored 3 for A vs 2 for D), moderately
better in right circumflex artery (scored 3 for B vs 2 for E),
and moderately better in left circumflex artery (scorded 3 for C vs 2
for F).
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Fig. 2F —51-year-old man with history of chest pain and palpitations
who had ST-T depression on ECG. Targeted-volume acquisition (A–C)
and whole-heart acquisition (D–F). Targeted-volume acquisition
showed moderately better image quality in left main and left anterior
descending arteries (scored 3 for A vs 2 for D), moderately
better in right circumflex artery (scored 3 for B vs 2 for E),
and moderately better in left circumflex artery (scorded 3 for C vs 2
for F).
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