Ultrashort time to echo magnetic resonance techniques for the musculoskeletal system
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Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging has been widely implemented as a non-invasive modality to investigate musculoskeletal (MSK) tissue disease, injury, and pathology. Advancements in MR sequences provide not only enhanced morphologic contrast for soft tissues, but also quantitative biochemical evaluation. Ultrashort time to echo (UTE) sequence, in particular, enables novel morphologic and quantitative evaluation of previously unseen MSK tissues. By using short minimum echo times (TE) below 1 msec, the UTE sequence can unveil short T2 properties of tissues including the deepest layers of the articular cartilage, cartilaginous endplate at the discovertebral junction, the meniscus, and the cortical bone. This article will discuss the application of UTE to evaluate these MSK tissues, starting with tissue structure, MR imaging appearance on standard versus short and ultrashort TE sequences, and provide the range of quantitative MR values found in literature.
- University of California, San Francisco United States
- VA San Diego Healthcare System United States
- University of California, San Diego United States
- Mahidol University Thailand
- University of California, San Diego United States
cortical bone, Biomedical Engineering, Optical Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Articular cartilage, Atomic, ultrashort time to echo, discovertebral junction, Other Physical Sciences, Engineering, meniscus, cartilaginous endplate, Musculoskeletal, Biomedical Imaging, molecular and optical physics, Biomedical engineering
cortical bone, Biomedical Engineering, Optical Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Articular cartilage, Atomic, ultrashort time to echo, discovertebral junction, Other Physical Sciences, Engineering, meniscus, cartilaginous endplate, Musculoskeletal, Biomedical Imaging, molecular and optical physics, Biomedical engineering
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