The Experimental Setup for T-2* Mapping in Achilles tendon and Enthesis
Authors
LATTA, Peter (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), V. JURAS, Martin KOJAN (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Z. STARCUK, X. DELIGIANNI, O. BIERI, P. SZOMOLANYI, I. FROLLO and S. TRATTNIG
Edition
NEW YORK, 2019 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 12TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MEASUREMENT (MEASUREMENT 2019), p. 141-144, 4 pp. 2019
Publisher
IEEE
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Stať ve sborníku
Field of Study
20201 Electrical and electronic engineering
Country of publisher
United States of America
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Publication form
electronic version available online
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14740/19:00113417
Organization unit
Central European Institute of Technology
ISBN
978-80-972629-3-8
UT WoS
000502830700030
Keywords in English
2D Ultrashort Echo Time (2D-UTE); Achilles Tendon; Bi-Exponential; T-2*
The experimental setup for accurate T-2* mapping of Achilles tendon and enthesis was developed. The setup consists of a specially designed MR compatible RF coil holder and custom-made ultrashort echo time (UTE) pulse sequence. The performance of the UTE sequence was tested and compared with data obtained by variable echo time (vTE) sequence. The results showed that T-2* values calculated with vTE are overestimated in comparison to UTE, however, the clinical adaptation of vTE might be easier, since it provides more slices with reduced blurring and lower scan times.
Links
LM2015062, research and development project
Name: Národní infrastruktura pro biologické a medicínské zobrazování
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR