Three-dimensional double-echo steady-state (3D-DESS) magnetic resonance imaging of the knee: Establishment of flip angles for evaluation of cartilage at 1.5 T and 3.0 T

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 790-794

  Moriya, Susumu ^a,b   Miki, Yukio ^c   Matsuno, Yukako ^d   Okada, Masayo ^e  

^a Ishikawa Clinic   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Oike Clinic   (Japan)

^e Shijyo karasuma Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

3D DESS; Cartilage; Knee joint; MRI

Indexed keywords

3D-DESS; CARTILAGE SURFACES; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; FLIP ANGLE; IMAGE CONTRASTS; KNEE JOINT; MAXIMUM VALUES; MID-SAGITTAL PLANES; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

BODY FLUIDS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCANNING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

CARTILAGE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SYNOVIAL FLUID; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SOFTWARE; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 84866562114     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ar.2012.110532     Document Type: Article

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