Ultrashort echo time spectroscopic imaging (UTESI): An efficient method for quantifying bound and free water

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 161-168

  Diaz, Eric ^a   Chung, Christine B ^a   Bae, Won C ^a   Statum, Sheronda ^a   Znamirowski, Richard ^a   Bydder, Graeme M ^a   Du, Jiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Achilles' tendon; Bi component analysis; Bone; Bound and free water; Meniscus; Relaxation time; T 2; Ultrashort echo time spectroscopic imaging

Indexed keywords

BI-COMPONENT ANALYSIS; BOUND AND FREE WATER; ECHO TIME; MENISCUS; T 2;

BONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HISTOLOGY; MAMMALS; RELAXATION TIME; TENDONS;

SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

WATER;

ACHILLES TENDON; ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; COW; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FREE WATER CLEARANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KNEE MENISCUS; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION METHOD; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; ULTRASHORT ECHO TIME SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMUR; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

BOVINAE;

EID: 84855884320     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1728     Document Type: Article

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