Patent ID: 7403810
Filing Date: 2008-07-22
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. A method for contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) angiography of the right coronary artery of a patient, comprising the steps of: selecting a bolus of MR contrast agent of a size causing said bolus, after injection into a patient, to wash out of right coronary chambers of the heart while still enhancing MR signals from the right coronary artery; injecting said bolus into the patient; generating MR signals in and obtaining MR signals from the patient, sufficient only for generating one 2D projection image in a single slice, in a time window after said bolus has washed out of the right coronary chambers and still enhances MR signals in the right coronary artery; and generating only one 2D projection MR image of the right coronary artery in said single slice using only the MR signals obtained in said time window.