Orientational analysis of the Achilles tendon and enthesis using an ultrashort echo time spectroscopic imaging sequence

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 178-184

  Du, Jiang ^a   Chiang, Alan Jing Tzyh ^a   Chung, Christine B ^a   Statum, Sheronda ^a   Znamirowski, Richard ^a   Takahashi, Atsushi ^b   Bydder, Graeme M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulk susceptibility; Enthesis; Magic angle; Short T2; Spectroscopic imaging; Tendon; Ultrashort TE

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPECTROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASHORT ECHO TIME SPECTROSCOPY;

ACHILLES TENDON; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CADAVER; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77349095247     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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