Abdominal Imaging

Over 13,000 clinical MR exams/year at HUP, plus a large number of additional abdominal, pelvic, breast and musculoskeletal cases via teleradiology.
8 clinical 1.5T scanners including Siemens Avanto, Essenza, Espree and GE Signa magnets.
3 clinical whole body 3.0T scanners including two Siemens Verio and Tim Trio.
3 whole-body research magnets 1.5, 3.0 and 7T Siemens Sonata, Tim Trio and Magnetom, respectively.
2 small bore animal systems (4.7T, 9.4T)
4 monitor and dual monitor PACS workstations.
TeraRecon Thin Client access at each reading station.

Clinical applications, coil development and technique optimization for extremity, thoracic and abdominal MRA, Breast MRI, Cardiac MRI, and clinical spectroscopy.
Clinical research interests include bolus chase MRA, osteoporosis, prostate MR, female pelvis, and renal MR including MR urography

Monthly follow-up conference
Weekly GI/GU, MRA and Musculoskeletal conferences
MR learning center with instructional videocassettes and large body/musculoskeletal/neuro teaching files.

Understand the most recent technologic advances and the diagnostic capabilities of MRI
Establish criteria for patient selection and the appropriate use of MRI
Incorporate both established and newer MRI techniques into their practice
Improve their utilization of MRI for numerous clinical indirections
Learn the latest advances in specialized MRI techniques such as MR angiography, MR arthrography, MR cholangiopancreatography, cardiac, prostate and breast MRI, etc.