Quantitative two‐dimensional ultrashort echo time magnetization transfer (2D UTE‐MT) imaging of cortical bone
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Ultrashort echo time magnetization transfer (UTE-MT) imaging of cortical bone.
Magnetization transfer (MT) imaging is one way to indirectly assess pools of protons with fast transverse relaxation. However, conventional MT imaging sequences are not applicable to short T2 tissues such as cortical bone. Ultrashort echo time (UTE) sequences with TE values as low as 8 µs can detect signals from different water components in cortical bone. In this study we aim to evaluate two-d...
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عنوان ژورنال: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0740-3194,1522-2594
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.26846