Making the invisible visible—ultrashort echo time magnetic resonance imaging: Technical developments and applications

Y Ma, H Jang, S Jerban, EY Chang, CB Chung… - Applied Physics …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) uses a large magnetic field and radio waves to generate
images of tissues in the body. Conventional MRI techniques have been developed to image …

Ultrashort echo time magnetic resonance imaging techniques: met and unmet needs in musculoskeletal imaging

AM Afsahi, Y Ma, H Jang, S Jerban… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This review article summarizes recent technical developments in ultrashort echo time (UTE)
magnetic resonance imaging of musculoskeletal (MSK) tissues with short‐T2 relaxation …

Zero echo time musculoskeletal MRI: technique, optimization, applications, and pitfalls

Ü Aydıngöz, AE Yıldız, FB Ergen - Radiographics, 2022 - pubs.rsna.org
Zero echo time (ZTE) imaging is an MRI technique that produces images similar to those
obtained with radiography or CT. In ZTE MRI, the very short T2 signal from the mineralized …

[HTML][HTML] Magnetic resonance imaging of hard tissues and hard tissue engineered bio-substitutes

S Mastrogiacomo, W Dou, JA Jansen… - Molecular imaging and …, 2019 - Springer
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a non-invasive diagnostic imaging tool based on the
detection of protons into the tissues. This imaging technique is remarkable because of high …

Quantitative MRI for evaluation of musculoskeletal disease: cartilage and muscle composition, joint inflammation, and biomechanics in osteoarthritis

BL Eck, M Yang, JJ Elias, CS Winalski… - Investigative …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a valuable tool for evaluating musculoskeletal disease
as it offers a range of image contrasts that are sensitive to underlying tissue biochemical …

MRI assessment of bone structure and microarchitecture

G Chang, S Boone, D Martel… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Osteoporosis is a disease of weak bone and increased fracture risk caused by low bone
mass and microarchitectural deterioration of bone tissue. The standard‐of‐care test used to …

Knee menisci segmentation and relaxometry of 3D ultrashort echo time cones MR imaging using attention U‐Net with transfer learning

M Byra, M Wu, X Zhang, H Jang, YJ Ma… - Magnetic resonance …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To develop a deep learning‐based method for knee menisci segmentation in 3D
ultrashort echo time (UTE) cones MR imaging, and to automatically determine MR relaxation …

Short-T2 MRI: Principles and recent advances

M Weiger, KP Pruessmann - Progress in nuclear magnetic resonance …, 2019 - Elsevier
Among current modalities of biomedical and diagnostic imaging, MRI stands out by virtue of
its versatile contrast obtained without ionizing radiation. However, in various cases, eg …

[HTML][HTML] CT-like images based on T1 spoiled gradient-echo and ultra-short echo time MRI sequences for the assessment of vertebral fractures and degenerative bone …

BJ Schwaiger, C Schneider, S Kronthaler… - European …, 2021 - Springer
Objectives To evaluate the performance of 3D T1w spoiled gradient-echo (T1SGRE) and
ultra-short echo time (UTE) MRI sequences for the detection and assessment of vertebral …

3D MRI with CT-like bone contrast–An overview of current approaches and practical clinical implementation

K Lee, FY Sim - European journal of radiology, 2021 - Elsevier
CT is the imaging modality of choice for assessment of 3D bony morphology but incurs the
penalty of ionizing radiation. Improving the ability of 3D MRI to provide high-resolution …