Monitoring Pulmonary Thrombectomy: What Information Can Be Gained with Arterial Spin Labeling MRI?

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Cecilia Zhang (Departement of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Tubingen) ;
Gerd Groezinger (Departement of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Tubingen) ;
Klaus-Peter Kreisselmeier (Departement of Cardiology and Angiology, University of Tubingen) ;
Ahmed E. Othman (Departement of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Tubingen) ;
Petros Martirosian (Section on Experimental Radiology, University of Tubingen) ;
Rolf Pohmann (High-Field MR Center, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics) ;
Ferdinand Seith (Departement of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Tubingen)

We thank Michael Steinkamp from Inari Medical (Irvine, CA, USA) for providing images of the FlowTriever^® device used in this publication.

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