Improved peripheral MR angiography with temperature regulation in healthy patients.

Blackband, S J; Buckley, D L; Knowles, A J; Gibbs, P; Turnbull, L W; Horsman, A · Radiology · 1996

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Abstract

Peripheral magnetic resonance (MR) angiography was performed in eight volunteers, with a temperature-controlled water blanket. After warming of the right foot, unobserved vessels became conspicuous in all patients: Average increase in signal intensity was nearly twofold in the major artery and vein depicted. A similar improvement was observed in an examination in one patient with diabetes. Peripheral MR angiography performed after warming provided additional diagnostic information.

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