Table 6:

MR DCG technique and imaging parameters in previously published studies

Study	Year	No. of Patients	Cannulation	Topical	Sequence Technique
Goldberg et al6	1993	11	Gd-DTPA	Gd-DTPA	T1WI (fat-sat)
Caldemeyer et al21	1998	11	–	Saline solution	FSE T2WI
Kirchhof et al28	2000	11	–	Gd-DTPA	T1- and T2WI (fat-sat)
Manfre et el29	2000	36	Gd-DTPA	Gd-DTPA	SE T1WI (fat-sat)
Yoshikawa et al25	2000	18	Gd-DTPA	Saline solution	FSE T2WI; SE T1WI
Takehara et al31	2000	8	Saline solution	–	Heavily T2WI
Karagülle et al24	2002	19	Gd-DTPA	–	3D FSPGR
Cubuk et al32	2010	35	Saline solution	–	Single-shot SE T2WI (fat-sat)
Our study	2011	21	–	Gd-BT-DO3A	3D FSPGR

Note:—fat-sat indicates fat-saturated; SE, spin-echo; –, absent.