title: Whole-body three-dimensional MR angiography with a rolling table platform: initial clinical experience.
abstract: A technique for performing whole-body magnetic resonance (MR) angiography with multi-station three-dimensional MR angiography by using a self-developed rolling table platform that integrates the surface coil was evaluated in three volunteers and 10 patients. Use of the surface coil resulted in high signal-to-noise and contrast-to-noise ratios, which translated into sensitivity and specificity of 95.3% and 95.2%, respectively, for detection of significant stenoses (luminal narrowing, >50%) in lower extremity peripheral vascular disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45122 Essen, Germany. mathias.goyen@uni-essen.de
authors.forename: Mathias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goyen
authors.forename: Harald H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Quick
authors.forename: Jörg F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Debatin
authors.forename: Mark E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Ladd
authors.forename: Jörg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barkhausen
authors.forename: Christoph U
authors.initials: CU
authors.lastname: Herborn
authors.forename: Silke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bosk
authors.forename: Hilmar
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuehl
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schlepütz
authors.forename: Stefan G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Ruehm
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity