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 …

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 …

Bone hydration: How we can evaluate it, what can it tell us, and is it an effective therapeutic target?

RK Surowiec, MR Allen, JM Wallace - Bone reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Water constitutes roughly a quarter of the cortical bone by volume yet can greatly influence
mechanical properties and tissue quality. There is a growing appreciation for how water can …

Ultrashort echo time magnetic resonance imaging (UTE-MRI) of cortical bone correlates well with histomorphometric assessment of bone microstructure

S Jerban, Y Ma, JH Wong, A Nazaran, A Searleman… - Bone, 2019 - Elsevier
Ultrashort echo time magnetic resonance imaging (UTE-MRI) techniques have been
increasingly used to assess cortical bone microstructure. High resolution micro computed …

Synthetic CT in musculoskeletal disorders: a systematic review

AF Lombardi, YJ Ma, H Jang, S Jerban, J Du… - Investigative …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Repeated computed tomography (CT) examinations increase patients' ionizing radiation
exposure and health costs, making an alternative method desirable. Cortical and trabecular …

Achilles tendon and enthesis assessment using ultrashort echo time magnetic resonance imaging (UTE‐MRI) T1 and magnetization transfer (MT) modeling in …

D Moazamian, JS Athertya, S Dwek… - NMR in …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this study is to investigate the use of ultrashort echo time (UTE) magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI) techniques (T1 and magnetization transfer [MT] modeling) for …

An update in qualitative imaging of bone using ultrashort echo time magnetic resonance

S Jerban, DG Chang, Y Ma, H Jang… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Bone is comprised of mineral, collagenous organic matrix, and water. X-ray-based
techniques are the standard approach for bone evaluation in clinics, but they are unable to …

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 …