SYS-FLASH. Systemic saturation in FLASH MR imaging.
A simple modification of FLASH (Fast Low Angle SHot) MR imaging, which results in a variable reduction of the intensity of flowing blood and flow artifacts in transaxial tomograms, is reported. Here a nonselective radiofrequency pulse of variable flip angle is used before the acquisition of each projection in FLASH imaging to saturate flowing blood within the whole volume (SYstemic Saturation = SYS-FLASH).
D000005:Abdomen / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000098:blood supply; D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D001826:Body Fluids; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods*