Hello!
Today we had a patient who kept his appointment for shoulder arthrogram
despite the ongoing tornado sirens and stormy weather here. The arthrogram
was easy, no complaints.
Then the resident and I got a call from MR that the pt did not think he
could sit in the scanner for the rest of the study. We spoke to the
patient, showed hip that the scanner was open at both ends, etc, and then
proceeded to shorten the scan time as much as possible on the fly.
Today we had a patient who kept his appointment for shoulder arthrogram
despite the ongoing tornado sirens and stormy weather here. The arthrogram
was easy, no complaints.
Then the resident and I got a call from MR that the pt did not think he
could sit in the scanner for the rest of the study. We spoke to the
patient, showed hip that the scanner was open at both ends, etc, and then
proceeded to shorten the scan time as much as possible on the fly.
This is a Philips Aspire 3T and I asked the techs if we could run a VIBE-
(which is the Thrive on the Philips). Here is what we got. Is anyone
using this routinely? I am not thrilled with the coronal images but the
exam is diagnostic. Also ran the T2wfs coronal, sag PDfs, and axial PD.
What sequences are you running for your MR arthrograms (assuming you are
still doing them)?
Thank you-
Rosemary
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