UTE Diffusion-Weighted Imaging (UTE-DWI)

H Jang, SH Shin, M Carl, Y Ma, J Du - MRI of Short-and Ultrashort-T2 …, 2024 - Springer
Diffusion-weighted imaging of short-T2 tissues is fundamentally limited by the short-T2
signal decay and hardware performance, making it challenging to pursue both diffusion and …

Quantitative UTE double echo steady state (qUTE-DESS) for simultaneous mapping of T 1, T 2, and diffusivity of short T 2 tissues—ex vivo study

H Jang, Y Ma, A Masoud-Afsahi, S Jerban… - Proc Intl Soc Mag …, 2022 - archive.ismrm.org
Quantitative double echo steady state (DESS) imaging allows simultaneous estimation of T
1, T 2, and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) maps with high spatial resolution. Recently …

Du J. Diffusion weighted 3D UTE imaging using stimulated echoes: technical considerations

M Carl, Y Ma, G Brydder - Proc Intl Soc Magn Reson Med, 2016 - archive.ismrm.org
Due to the fast decay rate of the transverse magnetization, diffusion weighting is challenging
in short T2 tissues; only very limited b-values can be achieved before the signal decays to …

[引用][C] Du J. Diffusion weighted 3D UTE in the posterior cruciate ligament

M Carl, Y Ma, GM Bydder, J Du - Proc Intl Soc Mag Reson Med, 2016 - archive.ismrm.org
In this work, we used a stimulated echo prepared diffusion 3DUTE sequence to image the
posterior cruciate ligament. Volunteer scans in the knee were performed. We found that …

Steady‐state diffusion‐weighted imaging of in vivo knee cartilage

KL Miller, BA Hargreaves, GE Gold… - Magnetic Resonance in …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Diffusion‐weighted imaging (DWI) has strong potential as a diagnostic for early cartilage
damage, with clinical impact for diseases such as osteoarthritis. However, in vivo DWI of …

3D ultrshort echo time cones sequence with diffusion weighted imaging (3D UTE-Cones-DWI): evaluation of the angular dependence of diffusion in the Achilles …

Y Ma, M Carl, GM Bydder, J Du - Proceedings of the International …, 2016 - archive.ismrm.org
Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) has been widely used to evaluate the rate of water
diffusion in long T 2 tissues such as the white matter of the brain. Tissues such as cortical …

Accuracy of ADC measurements with an ultrashort echo time diffusion weighted stimulated echo 3D Cones sequence (DW-STEAM 3D Cones UTE)

P Baron, DHJ Poot, PA Wielopolski… - Proc Intl Soc Mag …, 2017 - archive.ismrm.org
Diffusion weighted STEAM with UTE readout is a promising acquisition method to measure
diffusion in tissues with short T2 and T2*, such as tendons, ligaments and menisci. However …

Fast quantitative double echo steady state diffusion imaging

O Bieri, C Ganter, K Scheffler - 2011 - pure.mpg.de
In this work, a new and truly diffusion-weighted (ie, relaxation time independent) SSFP
technique is introduced using a double-echo steady state approach (true-dwDESS). As a …

Applications of Diffusion‐Weighted MRI to the Musculoskeletal System

JG Raya, A Duarte, N Wang, V Mazzoli… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Diffusion‐weighted imaging (DWI) is an established MRI technique that can investigate
tissue microstructure at the scale of a few micrometers. Musculoskeletal tissues typically …

Quantitative in vivo diffusion imaging of cartilage using double echo steady‐state free precession

O Bieri, C Ganter, K Scheffler - Magnetic resonance in …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐shot echo‐planar imaging techniques are commonly used for diffusion‐weighted
imaging (DWI) but offer rather poor spatial resolution and field‐of‐view coverage for species …