Bilateral hip imaging at 7 Tesla using a multi-channel transmit technology: Initial results presenting anatomical detail in healthy volunteers and pathological changes in patients with avascular necrosis of the femoral head

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1555-1563

  Theysohn, J M ^a,b   Kraff, O ^a,b   Orzada, S ^a,b   Theysohn, N ^a,b   Classen, T ^a   Landgraeber, S ^a   Ladd, M E ^b   Lauenstein, T C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

7 Tesla; Avascular necrosis; AVN; B1 shimming; Hip; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84885419824     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: 14322161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-013-1698-0     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Bolog N, Nanz D, Weishaupt D. Musculoskeletal MR imaging at 3.0 T: current status and future perspectives. Eur Radiol. 2006;16(6):1298-307.
2. Kollia K, Maderwald S, Putzki N, Schlamann M, Theysohn JM, Kraff O, et al. First clinical study on ultra-high-field MR imaging in patients with multiple sclerosis: comparison of 1.5T and 7T. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2009;30(4):699-702.
3. International Electrotechnical Commission. Medical electrical equipment - Part 2-33: Particular requirements for the safety of magnetic resonance equipment for medical diagnosis. 2002; 60601-2-33.
4. Regatte RR, Schweitzer ME. Ultra-high-field MRI of the musculoskeletal system at 7.0T. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2007;25(2):262-9.
5. Ladd ME. High-field-strength magnetic resonance: potential and limits. Topics in magnetic resonance imaging: TMRI. 2007;18(2):139-52.
6. Tallantyre EC, Morgan PS, Dixon JE, Al-Radaideh A, Brookes MJ, Morris PG, et al. 3 Tesla and 7 Tesla MRI of multiple sclerosis cortical lesions. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2010;32(4):971-7.
7. Behr B, Stadler J, Michaely HJ, Damert HG, Schneider W. MR imaging of the human hand and wrist at 7 T. Skeletal Radiol. 2009;38(9):911-7.
8. Trattnig S, Zbyn S, Schmitt B, Friedrich K, Juras V, Szomolanyi P, et al. Advanced MR methods at ultra-high field (7 Tesla) for clinical musculoskeletal applications. Eur Radiol. 2012.
9. Welsch GH, Juras V, Szomolanyi P, Mamisch TC, Baer P, Kronnerwetter C, et al. Magnetic resonance imaging of the knee at 3 and 7 Tesla: a comparison using dedicated multi-channel coils and optimised 2D and 3D protocols. Eur Radiol. 2012.
10. Franklin KM, Dale BM, Merkle EM. Improvement in B1-inhomogeneity artifacts in the abdomen at 3T MR imaging using a radiofrequency cushion. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2008;27(6):1443-7.
11. Hecht EM, Lee RF, Taouli B, Sodickson DK. Perspectives on body MR imaging at ultrahigh field. Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am. 2007;15(3):449-65. viii.
12. Dietrich O, Raya JG, Reeder SB, Reiser MF, Schoenberg SO. Measurement of signal-to-noise ratios in MR images: influence of multichannel coils, parallel imaging, and reconstruction filters. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2007;26(2):375-85.
13. Ellermann J, Goerke U, Morgan P, Ugurbil K, Tian J, Schmitter S, et al. Simultaneous bilateral hip joint imaging at 7 Tesla using fast transmit B(1) shimming methods and multichannel transmission - a feasibility study. NMR Biomed. 2012.
14. Umutlu L, Maderwald S, Kraff O, Kinner S, Schaefer LC, Wrede K, et al. New look at renal vasculature: 7 Tesla nonenhanced T1-weighted FLASH imaging. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2012;36(3):714-21.
15. Winter L, Kellman P, Renz W, Grassl A, Hezel F, Thalhammer C, et al. Comparison of three multichannel transmit/receive radiofrequency coil configurations for anatomic and functional cardiac MRI at 7.0T: implications for clinical imaging. Eur Radiol. 2012;22(10):2211-20.
16. Orzada S, Quick HH, Ladd ME, Bahr A, Bolz T, Yazdanbakhsh P, et al. A Flexible 8-Channel Transmit/receive Body Coil for 7 T Human Imaging. 17th Scientific Meeting ISMRM; 2009; Hawaii, USA; 2009. p. 2999.
17. Raghuraman S, Mueller MF, Zbyn S, Baer P, Breuer FA, Friedrich KM, et al. 12-channel receive array with a volume transmit coil for hand/wrist imaging at 7 T. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2012.
18. Nobauer-Huhmann IM, Pretterklieber M, Erhart J, Bar P, Szomolanyi P, Kronnerwetter C, et al. Anatomy and variants of the triangular fibrocartilage complex and its MR appearance at 3 and 7T. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol. 2012;16(2):93-103.
19. Orzada S, Maderwald S, Poser BA, Bitz AK, Quick HH, Ladd ME. RF excitation using time interleaved acquisition of modes (TIAMO) to address B1 inhomogeneity in high-field MRI. Magnetic resonance in medicine: Official Journal of the Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine / Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 2010;64(2):327-33.
20. Kraff O, Bitz AK, Dammann P, Ladd SC, Ladd ME, Quick HH. An eight-channel transmit/receive multipurpose coil for musculoskeletal MR imaging at 7 T. Med Phys. 2010;37(12):6368-76.
21. Kraff O, Theysohn JM, Maderwald S, Saylor C, Ladd SC, Ladd ME, et al. MRI of the knee at 7.0 Tesla. RoFo: Fortschritte auf dem Gebiete der Rontgenstrahlen und der Nuklearmedizin. 2007;179(12):1231-5.
22. Scheenen TW, Orzada S, Kobus T, Lagemaat MW, Maas MC, Kraff O, et al. MRI of the Human Prostate in Vivo at 7T. ISMRM; 2011; 2011.
23. Glover PM, Cavin I, Qian W, Bowtell R, Gowland PA. Magnetic-field-induced vertigo: a theoretical and experimental investigation. Bioelectromagnetics. 2007;28(5):349-61.
24. Mosher TJ. Musculoskeletal imaging at 3T: current techniques and future applications. Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am. 2006;14(1):63-76.
25. Gilbert KM, Curtis AT, Gati JS, Klassen LM, Menon RS. A radiofrequency coil to facilitate B(1)(+) shimming and parallel imaging acceleration in three dimensions at 7 T. NMR Biomed. 2011;24(7):815-23.
26. Hoult DI, Foreman D, Kolansky G, Kripiakevich D. Overcoming high-field RF problems with non-magnetic Cartesian feedback transceivers. Magma. 2008;21(1-2):15-29.
27. Karantanas AH, Drakonaki EE. The role of MR imaging in avascular necrosis of the femoral head. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol. 2011;15(3):281-300.
28. Mamisch TC, Bittersohl B, Hughes T, Kim YJ, Welsch GH, Dudda M, et al. Magnetic resonance imaging of the hip at 3 Tesla: clinical value in femoroacetabular impingement of the hip and current concepts. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol. 2008;12(3):212-22.
29. Ramnath RR. 3T MR imaging of the musculoskeletal system (Part I): considerations, coils, and challenges. Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am. 2006;14(1):27-40.
30. Ramnath RR. 3T MR imaging of the musculoskeletal system (Part II): clinical applications. Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am. 2006;14(1):41-62.
31. Link TM, Sell CA, Masi JN, Phan C, Newitt D, Lu Y, et al. 3.0 vs 1.5 T MRI in the detection of focal cartilage pathology-ROC analysis in an experimental model. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2006;14(1):63-70.
32. Bae WC, Du J, Bydder GM, Chung CB. Conventional and ultrashort time-to-echo magnetic resonance imaging of articular cartilage, meniscus, and intervertebral disk. Topics in magnetic resonance imaging: TMRI. 2010;21(5):275-89.
33. Bae WC, Dwek JR, Znamirowski R, Statum SM, Hermida JC, D'Lima DD, et al. Ultrashort echo time MR imaging of osteochondral junction of the knee at 3 T: identification of anatomic structures contributing to signal intensity. Radiology. 2010;254(3):837-45.