A comparison of multi-echo spin-echo and triple-echo steady-state T2 mapping for in vivo evaluation of articular cartilage

European Radiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1905-1912

  Juras, Vladimir ^a,b   Bohndorf, Klaus ^a   Heule, Rahel ^c   Kronnerwetter, Claudia ^a   Szomolanyi, Pavol ^a,b   Hager, Benedikt ^a   Bieri, Oliver ^c   Zbyn, Stefan ^a   Trattnig, Siegfried ^a,d,e  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEASUREMENT SCIENCE   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUTE FOR MICROELECTRONICS   (Austria)

^e LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL TRAUMATOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cartilage; CPMG; Osteoarthritis; T2 mapping; TESS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MULTI ECHO SPIN ECHO T2 MAPPING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELAXATION TIME; TRIPLE ECHO STEADY STATE T2 MAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; KNEE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84940707052     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-015-3979-6     Document Type: Article

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