T1 Relaxation Time of Achilles Tendon at 3 Tesla with Special Reference to Relevant Clinical Score: A Preliminary Study

• Published in: Current medical imaging reviews Vol. 16; no. 2; p. 164
• Main Authors: Tbini, Zeineb, Mars, Mokhtar, Bouaziz, Mouna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United Arab Emirates 01.01.2020
• Subjects: Achilles Tendon - diagnostic imaging; Achilles Tendon - pathology; Algorithms; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Reproducibility of Results; Tendinopathy - diagnostic imaging; Tendinopathy - pathology; T1 quantification; musculoskeletal; VISA-A questionnaire; UTE-MRI; achilles tendon; tendinopathy

The purpose of this study was to investigate T1 relaxation time of the human Achilles tendon, to test its short-term repeatability as well as the minimal detectable change, and to assess the extent that correlate with clinical symptoms. Twenty asymptomatic volunteers and eighteen patients with clini...