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HIGH RESOLUTION SAGITTAL T2

PICK UP VERY EARLY FOCAL CHONDRAL DEFECTS IN DJD

3MM ST T2 / TE 120 

MOST OFTEN ANTEROSUPERIOR

TWO NEW MR FLEX COILS JUST IN   FOR OUR GE 1.5 T 450W

16 CHANNELS INSTEAD OF 8

IMPRESSIVE RESULTS IN MSK MR:

1.LARGE KNEES     EXCEEDINGLY SHARP

2. FASTER HANDS     :   BOTH    

HIGH RES 3D GADO FATSAT

EXCELLENT IN RA

3. SHOULDERS

FASTER AND CONTRAST MARKEDLY IMPROVED IN CUFF TEARS

PROPELLER MULITPLANANR T2 FS    STABLE    NO MOTION 

4. ELBOWS AND DIAPHYSES

EXCELLENT CONTRAST AND…

06/2011

1. IMPRESSIVE IMAGE QUALITY AND FAT SUPPRESSION HOMOGENEITY

IN ABDOMINOPELVIC STUDIES 

2. WE HAVE JUST ADDED ASL CAPABILITY IN NEUROMR

4MN SEQUENCE COVERING THE ENTIRE BRAIN AND POSTERIOR FOSSA

GOOD SPATIAL RESOLUTION   / DETECTION OF CORTEX PERFUSION DEFECTS

CLINICAL IMPACT ++

EXCELLENT PAPER / STEPHEN R. BAKER /     IMAGING MANAGEMENT 2011 / VOL 11 ISSUE 2   30-31

"GETTING AHEAD BY GETTING ALONG"       CHAIRMAN NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL

DECREASING TENSIONS IN IMAGING DEPARTMENT POLITICS

HI

I AM STILL IMPRESSED WITH THE INCIDENCE OF MISSED FAC IN DAILY PRACTICE

WHAT ABOUT YOURS?

HIGHLY AGRESSIVE PATHOLOGY  EASY TO DETECT:

1. ON COR / HUMP / LABRAL TEAR  / COXA PROFUNDA  CARTILAGE LOSS ( BIPOLAR)

2. ON AX  / ANTERIOR HUMP…

DECEMBER  2010  /  IRM 39

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1. CLEAR IMPROVEMENT / ABDOMINAL ANGIO MR

USING GADOVIST      = BETTER DELINEATION OF INTRACORTICAL ARTERIOLAE

SNR IMPROVEMENT

2. USING B 1300 IN OVARIAN CA

ALLOWS YOU TO DIFFERENTIATE BETTER MUCINOUS AREAS FROM…

BOTH HANDS IMAGED TOGETHER WITHIN THE HEAD COIL

ALLOWING CORONAL GADO FATSAT THIN SLICES

ACQUIRED VERY FAST AND DISPLAYING RA LESIONS

GRANULOMAS/ T SYNO/ SYNOVITIS/ BME ETC

EXQUISITELY WELL

KEEP YOU POSTED

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IV ADMINISTRATION 10 MIN BEFORE STARTING MR SEQUENCES:

- ALLOWS ENHANCEMENT OF THE VARIOUS GRANULOMATOUS LESIONS ENCOUNTERED IN MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES

- INCREASES DEPICTION OF SYNOVIAL INFLAMMATION / PANNUS

- INCREASES DIAGNOSTIC SENSITIVITY IN WRIST MR ++ / HIP AND TO SOME EXTENT IN POST OPERATIVE SHOULDER

EASY FAST AND FLEXIBLE WITHIN A BUSY WORKLOAD