Clinical Imaging of Human Extremities at 7 Tesla
O Kraff, JM Theysohn, S Maderwald, S Lohbeck, L Schaefer, J Barkhausen, ME Ladd, SC Ladd · RöFo - Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Röntgenstrahlen und der bildgebenden Verfahren · 2008 · Heft 02
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Purpose: Although magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) plays a significant role in assessing the musculoskeletal system, it still has its limits at clinically-used field strengths (1.5T). High field systems (7T) provide increased higher spatial resolution. We present first protocols for MRI of the human joints at 7T. Materials an Methods: On a Magnetom 7T whole-body scanner (Siemens Erlangen, Germany) we used a CP extremity coil (Invivo Corp., Gainesville, FL) (knee), an 8-channel head coil (ankle), or a CP single loop coil (both Rapid, Würzburg, Germany) (shoulder, wrist). Parameters of clinical 1.5T GRE and SE seq…
