title: Lower extremity MR angiography: universal retrofitting of high-field-strength systems with stepping kinematic imaging platforms initial experience.
abstract: In 15 volunteers and 84 patients with clinically suspected peripheral vascular disease, a stepping kinematic imaging platform, a manual retrofit stepping magnetic resonance (MR) imaging table, was used with three high-field-strength MR imaging systems to perform multistation peripheral contrast material-enhanced MR angiography in the lower extremity with the existing system phased-array coil. Each examination was performed in less than 45 minutes. Mounting of the stepping kinematic imaging platform was quick and simple and allowed rapid repositioning of a patient relative to the phased-array coil and acquisition of high-spatial-resolution MR angiograms of the peripheral vasculature with use of one injection of MR imaging contrast agent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, William Beaumont Hospital, 3601 W 13 Mile Rd, Royal Oak, MI 48073, USA. ashetty@beaumont.edu
authors.forename: Anil N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Shetty
authors.forename: Kostaki G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Bis
authors.forename: Andre J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Duerinckx
authors.forename: Vamsidhar R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Narra
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003287:Contrast Media; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media