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 …

Bone age assessment empowered with deep learning: a survey, open research challenges and future directions

MW Nadeem, HG Goh, A Ali, M Hussain, MA Khan… - Diagnostics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Deep learning is a quite useful and proliferating technique of machine learning. Various
applications, such as medical images analysis, medical images processing, text …

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 …

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 …

Cortical bone mechanical assessment via free water relaxometry at 3 T

M Talebi, S Abbasi‐Rad, M Malekzadeh… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Investigation of cortical bone using magnetic resonance imaging is a
developing field, which uses short/ultrashort echo time (TE) pulse sequences to quantify …

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 …

Ultra‐short T2 components imaging of the whole brain using 3D dual‐echo UTE MRI with rosette k‐space pattern

X Shen, AC Özen, A Sunjar, S Ilbey… - Magnetic resonance …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose This study aimed to develop a new 3D dual‐echo rosette k‐space trajectory,
specifically designed for UTE MRI applications. The imaging of the ultra‐short transverse …

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 …

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 …

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 …