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Dual phase infusion with bolus tracking: technical innovation for cardiac and respiratory navigated magnetic resonance angiography using extracellular contrast

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This technical innovation paper describes a technique for performing cardiac-gated, respiratory-navigated cardiovascular magnetic resonance angiography using an extracellular gadolinium-based contrast agent at 1.5 Tesla (T) with a dual phase bolus injection and slow infusion technique.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Hospital for Sick Children, Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, 555 University Ave., Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada

    Christopher Z. Lam, Navjot Gill, Logi Vidarsson, Regina de la Mora, Mike Seed, Lars Grosse-Wortmann & Shi-Joon Yoo

  2. Department of Paediatrics, Division of Cardiology, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Christopher Z. Lam, Joseph J. Pagano, Mike Seed, Lars Grosse-Wortmann & Shi-Joon Yoo

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Lam, C.Z., Pagano, J.J., Gill, N. et al. Dual phase infusion with bolus tracking: technical innovation for cardiac and respiratory navigated magnetic resonance angiography using extracellular contrast. Pediatr Radiol 49, 399–406 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-018-4293-7

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