Qualitative and quantitative ultrashort-TE MRI of cortical bone

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 489-506

  Du, Jiang ^a   Bydder, Graeme M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bound water; Contrast mechanism; Cortical bone; Free water; Osteoporosis; T1; T2; Ultrashort TE

Indexed keywords

BOUND WATERS; CONTRAST MECHANISM; CORTICAL BONE; FREE WATER; OSTEOPOROSIS; T1; T2;

BIOMECHANICS; DISEASES; FRACTURE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SIGNAL DETECTION; TISSUE;

BONE;

WATER;

BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORTICAL BONE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MAGNETISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY; TISSUE PERFUSION;

BODY WATER; BONE AND BONES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 84876793732     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.2906     Document Type: Review

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