Suitability of T1Gd as the "dGEMRIC index" at 1.5T and 3.0T

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 830-834

  Williams, Ashley ^a   Mikulis, Brandon ^a   Krishnan, Nitya ^a   Gray, Martha ^a,b   McKenzie, Charlie ^a,b   Burstein, Deborah ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

3T; Cartilage; dGEMRIC; T1

Indexed keywords

BONE;

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CURRENT PRACTICES; DGEMRIC; FIELD STRENGTHS; GD-DTPA; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; INVERSE RELATIONS;

CARTILAGE;

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARTILAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAGNET; MEASUREMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; TIBIA;

EID: 35048896410     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21376     Document Type: Article

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