Comparison of two ultrashort echo time sequences for the quantification of T1 within phantom and human Achilles tendon at 3 T

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1279-1284

  Wright, Peter ^a   Jellus, Vladimir ^b   McGonagle, Dennis ^c   Robson, Matthew ^d   Ridgeway, John ^a   Hodgson, Richard ^c  

^a CHAPEL ALLERTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

achilles tendon; musculoskeletal; UTE MRI

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; PHANTOMS;

ACHILLES TENDINOPATHY; ACHILLES TENDONS; CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS; INTRAVENOUS CONTRAST; INVERSION RECOVERY; MUSCULOSKELETAL; PULSE REPETITION; ULTRASHORT ECHO TIME;

TENDONS;

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PHANTOM; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL VARIABLE FLIP ANGLE ULTRASHORT ECHO TIME SEQUENCE; TWO DIMENSIONAL SATURATION RECOVERY ULTRASHORT ECHO TIME SEQUENCE;

EID: 84866732808     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24130     Document Type: Article

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