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Abstract #4467

MR Portography Using Non-Contrast-Enhanced Time-Spatial Labeling Inversion Pulse (Time-SLIP) -Comparison Between 3T and 1.5T-

Hiroki Matoba1, Katsumi Nakamura1, 2, Akiyoshi Yamamoto1, Masafumi Ueda1, Daiji Uchiyama1, Mitsue Miyazaki3

1Radiology, Tobata Kyoritsu Hospital, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan; 2Radiology, Hikari Central Hospital, Hikari, Yamaguchi, Japan; 3Toshiba Medical Research Institute USA, Vernon Hills, IL, United States

Time-SLIP using 3T-MRI clearly demonstrates the portal veins with higher CNR than that 1.5T.

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