Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI
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J Magn Reson Imaging · Jul 2008
A regularized two-tensor model fit to low angular resolution diffusion images using basis directions.
To resolve and regularize orientation estimates for two crossing fibers from images acquired with conventional diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) sampling schemes. ⋯ Orientational, anisotropy, and diffusivity information can be resolved in regions of two fiber crossings using full brain coverage scans acquired in less than six minutes.
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J Magn Reson Imaging · Jul 2008
Detection of lymph node metastasis in cervical and uterine cancers by diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging at 3T.
To evaluate diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) for detection of pelvic lymph node metastasis in patients with cervical and uterine cancers. ⋯ The combination of size and relative ADC values was useful in detecting pelvic lymph node metastasis in patients with cervical and uterine cancers.
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J Magn Reson Imaging · Jul 2008
T2- and diffusion-maps reveal diurnal changes of intervertebral disc composition: an in vivo MRI study at 1.5 Tesla.
To investigate the lumbar intervertebral discs (IVDs) by MRI in the morning and evening after a diurnal load cycle. Changes in MR characteristics (T2-weighted imaging, T2- and apparent diffusion coefficient [ADC] -mapping) during the course of the day were visualized and analyzed visually and quantitatively. The length of the lumbar spine was measured in between the lower anterior edge of Th12 and the upper anterior edge of S1. T2 changes and diffusion characteristics of the vertebral disc tissue were investigated with a higher spatial resolution than in former studies. ⋯ T2 and diffusion (ADC) changes of IVDs in humans were investigated with a spatial differentiation between NP and AF. T2 and ADC turned out to be sensitive parameters in investigating changes in the MR characteristics of the IVD matrix during a day. Highly resolved MR imaging and parameter mapping is expected to be an interesting tool in characterizing structural changes in the vertebral disc architecture in an early stage of degeneration.
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J Magn Reson Imaging · Jul 2008
Comparative StudyChange in knee cartilage T2 in response to mechanical loading.
To assess the clinical feasibility of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging with a mechanical loading system for evaluation of load-bearing function in knee joints using cartilage T2 as a surrogate of cartilage matrix changes. ⋯ MR imaging with mechanical loading is feasible to detect site-specific changes in cartilage T2 during static loading.