TRICKS XV - Angiographic Imaging


TRICKS-XV (Time Resolved Imaging of Contrast KineticS), a revolutionary, GE-exclusive Signa HD imaging technique, addresses the trade-off between spatial and temporal resolution that's typical of conventional MR angiography.       Related Links

Angiographic Imaging Challenges:

  • Over half of diabetic patients have inadequate characterization of lower-leg vasculature.
  • Many vascular studies are sub-optimal because of miscalculation of the contrast bolus arrival.
  • Many arterio-venous malformations (AVMs) are difficult to characterize with conventional angiography.


With TRICKS-XV you can:

  • Simplify difficult MRA of the lower extremities.
  • Achieve high-resolution detail even in small extremity
  • Reduces inaccurate bolus timing - simplify scans with complete separation of arterial and venous phases.
  • Obtain dynamic information as well as the static arterial phase.
  • Compensate for differences in a patient's flow dynamics to capture the complete flow pattern - including high-resolution peak arterial phase