Feasibility of T2* mapping for the evaluation of hip joint cartilage at 1.5T using a three-dimensional (3D), gradient-echo (GRE) sequence: A prospective study

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 896-901

  Bittersohl, Bernd ^a   Hosalkar, Harish S ^b   Hughes, Tim ^c   Kim, Young Jo ^d   Werlen, Stefan ^e   Siebenrock, Klaus A ^a   Mamisch, Tallal C ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Orthopaedic Hospital Sonnenhof   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cartilage; dGEMRIC; FAI; Hip; MRI; T2*

Indexed keywords

CARTILAGE; GADOLINIUM; GRADING; HIP PROSTHESES; HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAPPING;

CARTILAGE DAMAGE; CORRELATION FACTORS; DEGENERATIVE CHANGES; DGEMRIC; GRADIENT ECHO; INTRACLASS CORRELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FEMOROACETABULAR IMPINGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ALGORITHM; ARTHROPATHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; HIP; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; JOINT DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349610072     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22096     Document Type: Article

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