title: [Composition of vascular tree using moving-table MR angiography: development and preliminary clinical experience with a semi-automated program combining stacks of MR angiographic images].
abstract: Moving-table MR angiography, combining a contrast enhanced MRA approach with table movement, has recently become available. This technique allows imaging of long, longitudinal anatomical regions of vasculature. We have developed a semi-automated program combining stacks of MRA images obtained from different image stations, and applied it to the reconstruction of vascular trees in twenty-five patients with peripheral arterial occlusive disease. Using this program, continuous vascular trees, extending from the abdominal aorta to lower leg (up to 124 cm), were semi-automatically reconstructed within two minutes from six different projection angles. Extensive vascular lesions were recognized three-dimensionally by moving image display mode.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Nippon Medical School.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ishihara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakajo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kumazaki
mesh_terms: D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D001158:Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis