Ultrashort TE T1rho (UTE T1rho) imaging of the Achilles tendon and meniscus

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 834-842

  Du, Jiang ^a   Carl, Michael ^b   Diaz, Eric ^a   Takahashi, Atsushi ^b   Han, Eric ^b   Szeverenyi, Nikolaus M ^a   Chung, Christine B ^a   Bydder, Graeme M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Meniscus; Short T2; T1rho; Ultrashort TE

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; LOCKS (FASTENERS);

ACHILLES TENDONS; FIELD STRENGTHS; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HIGH SIGNALS; MENISCUS; SHORT T2; T1RHO; ULTRASHORT ECHO TIME;

TENDONS;

ACHILLES TENDON; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISPERSION; EXCITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KNEE MENISCUS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TISSUE DEGENERATION; ULTRASHORT ECHO TIME IMAGING; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACHILLES TENDON; ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENISCI, TIBIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77956360750     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22474     Document Type: Article

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