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Prospective navigator gating with a dual acceptance window technique to reduce respiratory motion artifacts in 3D MR coronary angiography

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A prospective navigator algorithm with a dual acceptance window (DAW) technique was developed to reduce image artifacts induced by respiratory motion without increasing imaging time. A phantom study shows that the ghost level measured by ghost-to-image ratio was reduced by 27.1% (p < 0.005) using the DAW technique compared to the conventional single acceptance window technique. This DAW technique can also be used to reduce imaging time while maintaining comparable ghosting level.

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    Yiping P. Du

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Du, Y.P. Prospective navigator gating with a dual acceptance window technique to reduce respiratory motion artifacts in 3D MR coronary angiography. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 19, 157–162 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022829900393

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