Clinically compatible MRI strategies for discriminating bound and pore water in cortical bone

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1774-1784

  Horch, R Adam ^a,b   Gochberg, Daniel F ^b   Nyman, Jeffry S ^b   Does, Mark D ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bone; bound water; MRI; pore water; uTE

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEDICAL IMAGING; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER;

BONE FRACTURE; BONE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; BOUND WATERS; CORTICAL BONE; HUMAN CORTICAL BONE; PORE WATERS; PULSE SEQUENCE; RELAXATION PROPERTY;

BONE;

PORE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORTICAL BONE; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 84870065097     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24186     Document Type: Article

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