Comparison of PD BLADE with fat saturation (FS), PD FS and T2 3D DESS with water excitation (WE) in detecting articular knee cartilage defects

dc.contributor.author	Λάβδας, Ελευθέριος	el
dc.contributor.author	Τοπαλτζίκης, Θεόφιλος	el
dc.contributor.author	Μαυροειδής, Παναγιώτης	el
dc.contributor.author	Κυριάκης, Ιωάννης	el
dc.contributor.author	Ρόκα, Βιολέτα	el
dc.date.accessioned	2015-06-06T14:24:23Z
dc.date.available	2015-06-06T14:24:23Z
dc.date.issued	2015-06-06
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/15318
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
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dc.source	http://www.sciencedirect.com	en
dc.subject	Πυκνότητα πρωτονίων
dc.subject	Fat saturation
dc.subject	Κορεσμός του λίπους
dc.subject	Proton density
dc.title	Comparison of PD BLADE with fat saturation (FS), PD FS and T2 3D DESS with water excitation (WE) in detecting articular knee cartilage defects	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.classification	Medicine
heal.classification	Radiology
heal.classification	Ιατρική
heal.classification	Ραδιολογία
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heal.classificationURI	N/A-Ραδιολογία
heal.contributorName	Κωστόπουλος, Σπύρος	el
heal.contributorName	Γλώτσος, Δημήτριος	el
heal.contributorName	Ζηλίδης, Χρήστος	el
heal.contributorName	Σταθάκης, Σωτήρης	el
heal.contributorName	Τσάγκαλης, Αντώνης	el
heal.contributorName	Παπανικολάου, Νίκος	el
heal.contributorName	Μπάτσικας, Γεώργιος	el
heal.contributorName	Αρβανίτης, Δημήτριος	el
heal.contributorName	Βάσσιου, Κατερίνα	el
heal.identifier.secondary	DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2013.06.007
heal.language	en
heal.access	free
heal.publicationDate	2013
heal.bibliographicCitation	Lavdas, E., Topalzikis, T., Mavroidis, P., Kyriakis, I., Roka, V. et al. (2013) Comparison of PD BLADE with fat saturation (FS), PD FS and T2 3D DESS with water excitation (WE) in detecting articular knee cartilage defects. "Magnetic Resonance Imaging", 31 (8), p.1255-1262	en
heal.abstract	The purpose of this study, is to compare the sequences: 1) proton density (PD) BLADE (BLADE is a PROPELLER-equivalent implementation of the Siemens Medical System) with fat saturation (FS) coronal (COR), 2) PD FS COR, 3) multi-planar reconstruction (MPR) with 3. mm slice thickness and 4) multi-planar reconstruction (MPR) with 1.5. mm slice thickness, both from the T2 3D-double-echo steady state (DESS) with water excitation (WE) sagittal (SAG), regarding their abilities to identify changes in the femorotibial condyle cartilage in knee MRI examinations. Thirty three consecutive patients with osteoarthritis (18 females, 15 males; mean age 56. years, range 37-71. years), who had been routinely scanned for knee examination using the previously mentioned image acquisition techniques, participated in the study. A quantitative analysis was performed based on the relative contrast (ReCON) measurements, which were taken both on normal tissues as well as on pathologies. Additionally, a qualitative analysis was performed by two radiologists. Motion and pulsatile flow artifacts were evaluated. The PD BLADE FS COR sequence produced images of higher contrast between Menisci and Cartilage, Fluid and Cartilage, Pathologies and Cartilage as well as of the Conspicuousness Superficial Cartilage and it was found to be superior to the other sequences (p. <. 0.001). The sequences T2 3D DESS 1.5. mm and T2 3D DESS 3. mm were significantly superior to the PD BLADE FS COR and the PD FS COR sequences in the visualization of Bone and Cartilage and the Conspicuousness Deep Surface Cartilage. This pattern of results is also confirmed by the quantitative analysis. PD FS BLADE sequences are ideal for the depiction of the cartilage pathologies compared to the conventional PD FS and T2 3D DESS sequences.	en
heal.journalName	Magnetic Resonance Imaging	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
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