New frontiers in magnetic resonance imaging of joints.
New frontiers in magnetic resonance imaging of joints.
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关节磁共振成像的新领域。
DOI:
10.1097/rmr.0b013e31823e1c9f
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发表时间:
2010
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Gold,GarryE
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Gold,GarryE
This edition of Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging contains 6 articles on advances in muscu-loskeletal imaging. The contributions were chosen to highlight the technical and clinical advances in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that are rapidly appearing in the clinic as routine practice. We sought to include ‘‘hot topics’’such as ultrashort echo time MRI, imaging cartilage physiology, and 3-dimensional imaging. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, each of the chapters incorporates substantial contributions from nonradiologist physicists and engineers, some of the many scientists driving the advancement of musculoskeletal MRI. For example, the chapter on new coils for musculoskeletal MRI was written by a collaboration of engineers and radiologists, highlighting the way coils make a big difference in image quality. The chapter on biomechanics is primarily from the viewpoint of a mechanical engineer, supplemented by MRI examples. In short, each of the chapters contains perspectives not often found in purely radiological publications, information along the lines of ‘‘what are the coming advances in the field.’’One other thread that runs through this edition is the concept of improvements in physics and engineering of MRI that drive new clinical applications as well as the clinical needs that drive development of new MRI techniques. On one hand, MRI now permits excellent depiction of bone and joint disorders, giving clinicians much more detailed diagnoses than in the past. These details have helped refine practical anatomical and clinical knowledge of many of the disorders. Increased clinical expectations then feed back to diagnostic imaging, stimulating an appetite for more detail, more biomechanical insight, and more knowledge of physiology. Musculoskeletal MRI remains an exciting, vibrant, and advancing field integrating imaging physics with clinical and surgical aspects of musculoskeletal disorders.