title: Male pelvic MR angiography.
abstract: MR angiography is a powerful tool in evaluating anatomy and pathology when applied to the male pelvis. MR angiography produces high-quality images of the arterial system approaching the resolution of CT angiography, without ionizing radiation. Additional advantages include the ability to obtain angiographic images in the absence of contrast material with non-contrast-enhanced MR angiographic techniques. Blood pool contrast agents, such as gadofosveset, have significantly improved the quality of venous system imaging. Steady state imaging with blood pool contrast agents allows for acquisition of superior-quality high-resolution images and other time-intensive techniques.
authors.affiliation: Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390-8834, USA.
authors.forename: Patrick D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Sutphin
authors.affiliation: Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390-8834, USA. Electronic address: sanjeeva.kalva@utsouthwestern.edu.
authors.forename: Sanjeeva P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Kalva
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D052801:Male Urogenital Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D010388:Pelvis / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology*; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: Gadofosveset; MR angiography; Male pelvis; May-Thurner; Nanoparticles; Priapism; Testicular varicocele; USPIO