Cortical bone water: in vivo quantification with ultrashort echo-time MR imaging

• Published in: Radiology Vol. 248; no. 3; p. 824
• Main Authors: Techawiboonwong, Aranee, Song, Hee Kwon, Leonard, Mary B, Wehrli, Felix W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.2008
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Animals; Body Water - metabolism; Bone and Bones - anatomy & histology; Bone and Bones - metabolism; Female; Humans; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted - methods; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Middle Aged; Sheep; Water - metabolism

To develop and evaluate a method based on ultrashort echo-time radial magnetic resonance (MR) imaging to quantify bone water (BW) concentration as a new metric of bone quality in human cortical bone in vivo. Human subject studies were institutional review board approved and HIPAA compliant; informed...