Advances in musculoskeletal MRI: Technical considerations

作者：Lauren M. Shapiro, Monica G. Harish, Brian A. Hargreaves, Ernesto Staroswiecki, Garry E. Gold · 发表于：Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging · 年份：2012 · DOI：10.1002/jmri.23629 · 被引用次数：59 · 研究领域：Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications、Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications、Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics

The technology of musculoskeletal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is advancing at a dramatic rate. MRI is now done at medium and higher field strengths with more specialized surface coils and with more variable pulse sequences and postprocessing techniques than ever before. These innumerable technical advances are advantageous as they lead to an increased signal-to-noise ratio and increased variety of soft-tissue contrast options. However, at the same time they potentially produce more imaging artifacts when compared with past techniques. Substantial technical advances have considerable clinical challenges in musculoskeletal radiology such as postoperative patient imaging, cartilage mapping, and molecular imaging. In this review we consider technical advances in hardware and software of musculoskeletal MRI along with their clinical applications.