Magnetic resonance imaging versus computed tomography for Three‐Dimensional bone imaging of musculoskeletal pathologies: a review

MC Florkow, K Willemsen… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is increasingly utilized as a radiation‐free alternative to
computed tomography (CT) for the diagnosis and treatment planning of musculoskeletal …

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 …

MRI‐based quantitative osteoporosis imaging at the spine and femur

N Sollmann, MT Löffler, S Kronthaler… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disease with a high prevalence worldwide, characterized
by low bone mass and microarchitectural deterioration, predisposing an individual to fragility …

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 …

QSM throughout the body

AV Dimov, J Li, TD Nguyen, AG Roberts… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic materials in tissue, such as iron, calcium, or collagen, can be studied using
quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM). To date, QSM has been overwhelmingly applied …

Trabecular bone imaging using a 3D adiabatic inversion recovery prepared ultrashort TE Cones sequence at 3T

YJ Ma, Y Chen, L Li, Z Cai, Z Wei… - Magnetic resonance …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To investigate direct imaging of trabecular bone using a 3D adiabatic inversion
recovery prepared ultrashort TE cones (3D IR‐UTE‐Cones) sequence. Methods The …

Quantitative ultrashort echo time (UTE) magnetic resonance imaging of bone: an update

YJ Ma, S Jerban, H Jang, D Chang… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Bone possesses a highly complex hierarchical structure comprised of mineral (~ 45% by
volume), organic matrix (~ 35%) and water (~ 20%). Water exists in bone in two forms: as …

Ultrashort Echo Time (UTE) MRI porosity index (PI) and suppression ratio (SR) correlate with the cortical bone microstructural and mechanical properties: Ex vivo …

S Jerban, Y Ma, S Alenezi, D Moazamian, J Athertya… - Bone, 2023 - Elsevier
Ultrashort echo time (UTE) MRI can image and consequently enable quantitative
assessment of cortical bone. UTE-MRI-based evaluation of bone is largely underutilized due …

Correlations of cortical bone microstructural and mechanical properties with water proton fractions obtained from ultrashort echo time (UTE) MRI tricomponent T2 …

S Jerban, X Lu, EW Dorthe, S Alenezi, Y Ma… - NMR in …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Mechanical and microstructural evaluations of cortical bone using ultrashort echo time
magnetic resonance imaging (UTE‐MRI) have been performed increasingly in recent years …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing cortical bone mechanical properties using collagen proton fraction from ultrashort echo time magnetization transfer (UTE-MT) MRI modeling

S Jerban, Y Ma, EW Dorthe, L Kakos, N Le, S Alenezi… - Bone reports, 2019 - Elsevier
Cortical bone shows as a signal void when using conventional clinical magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI). Ultrashort echo time MRI (UTE-MRI) can acquire high signal from cortical …