Review Article

Magnetic Resonance Angiography Using Fresh Blood Imaging in Oral and Maxillofacial Regions

Figure 5

MRA by 3D-FBI in a 79-year-old patient with hemangiomas of the left oral floor. Both hemangiomas and thin blood vessels around tumor can be clearly visualized on MRA with 3D-FBI. The carotid arteries (arrow), internal jugular vein (black arrow), lingual artery, lingual vein, facial artery, facial vein, maxillary artery, and maxillary vein are identified as bright homogeneous linear structures. At the same time, hemangiomas (star) are clearly visualized as the mass with a high signal intensity. Acquisition time was 3 minutes and 28 seconds.
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