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A 27-year-old male asked:
are magnetic resonance angiogram and venogram usually performed with the posterior view or anterior? does it depend on symptoms and site of symptoms?
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Dr. Milton Alvis, jranswered
Preventive Medicine 41 years experience
Cross sections of: body which are reconstructed in software to show any of multiple views, depending on machine, software, technician & radiologist chosen protocols. Symptoms & site of symptoms are not a driving factor in how the scan is performed. These issues are dictated by body anatomy & the construction of the scanning hardware.
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Dr. Lois Freisleben-Cook commented
Pediatrics 41 years experience
So, it does not matter which direction you are in because the system constructs a 3-d view
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