MRI Lower Extremity
Purpose: This exam is performed to visualize the organs within the lower extremity in any cross sectional plane.
Length of Exam: Approximately one hour.
Patient Prep The patient should arrive early to be screened.*
If any contraindications are noted, the Radiologist on duty will be consulted to determine if it is all right to go ahead with the exam, or postpone until safety issues are resolved. If there is to be an injection the patient will need to sign a consent form.
Procedure: The patient will be given all pertinent instructions prior to the exam. The patient will then be positioned accordingly on the table with the appropriate coil** in place.
Multiple imaging procedures are then performed by the technologist. All acquired information is then given to the Radiologist for interpretation. A report is then dictated and sent to the referring physician.
- * screened - procedure of determining whether or not it is safe for a patient to have their MRI performed.
- **coil- device used in MRI to transmit and recieve radio frequency signal in order to aquire data.
