Water/fat‐resolved whole‐heart Dixon coronary MRA: An initial comparison

To improve coronary vessel visualization in whole‐heart coronary magnetic resonance angiography (CMRA), fat suppression is typically applied. However, recent studies have shown that cardiac fat can also have diagnostic value. To enhance CMRA image quality by improved fat suppression and to provide additionally fat‐only information highly resolved, dual‐echo Dixon CMRA approaches have been developed.

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