Towards assessing and improving the reliability of ultrashort echo time quantitative magnetization transfer (UTE-qMT) MRI of cortical bone: In silico and ex vivo study.

Soo Hyun ShinDina MoazamianQingbo TangSaeed JerbanYajun MaJiang DuEric Y Chang

Published in: Magma (New York, N.Y.) (2024)

The digital phantom approach enables the assessment of the reliability of bone UTE-qMT fitting by providing the known ground truth. These findings can be utilized for optimizing the data acquisition and analysis pipeline for UTE-qMT imaging of cortical bones.

Keyphrases

bone mineral density
high resolution
contrast enhanced
magnetic resonance imaging
diffusion weighted imaging
magnetic resonance
soft tissue
bone loss
bone regeneration
electronic health record
molecular docking
computed tomography
mass spectrometry
body composition
data analysis
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