CLINICAL SCIENCE FOCUS SESSION: Novel MR Clinical Applications in the Musculoskeletal System

Room 602 - 604         14:00 - 16:00                 Chairs: Kimberly K. Amrami and Sharmila Majumdar

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Prog #

 
14:00 542.

Changes in Achilles Tendon Compliance from 30 Days of Chronic Unloading and Subsequent 3 Weeks of Rehabilitation �

an MR Phase Contrast Study at 3T

Dongsuk Shin1, Sinyeob Ahn1, Haedong Lee1, John Hodgson1, Taija Finni1, Reggie Edgerton1, Shantanu Sinha1

1University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
14:10 543.

Diffusion Tensor Imaging of the Human Calf - Comparison Between 1.5T and 3.0T - Preliminary Experience

Nadja Saupe1, Lawrence M. White1, Marshall S. Sussman1, Mike D. Noseworthy2

1Mount Sinai Hospital and University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; 2St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
14:20 544.

Effects of Muscle Atrophy on the Heterogeneity of Strain Distribution and Other Characteristics of the Human Triceps Surae

Muscle-Tendon Complex

Dongsuk Shin1, Haedong Lee1, Sinyeob Ahn1, John Hodgson1, Taija Finni1, Reggie Edgerton1, Shantanu Sinha1

1University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
14:30 545.

Quantitative Diffusion and Fat Imaging of Vertebral Compression Fractures

Blake Allen Cannon1, Ashok J. Kumar1, Colleen Costelloe1, Patrick LeRoux2, Jingfei Ma1

1University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA; 2GE Healthcare Technologies, Buc Cedex, France
14:40 546.

Quantitative Micro-MRI Demonstrates Significant Effects on Trabecular Bone Architecture in Response to Antiresorptive

Therapy

Felix W. Wehrli1, Glenn A. Ladinsky1, Branimir Vasilic1, Babette S. Zemel1, Alexander C. Wright1, Hee Kwon Song1, Punam K.

Saha1, Helen Peachy1, Peter J. Snyder1

1University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
14:50 547.

MR Imaging Study of Relationships Between Lumbar Bone Density, Paravertebral Muscle Bulk and Perfusion Indices in

Postmenopausal Osteoporosis

Steven Yang1, James Francis Griffith1, David Yeung1

1The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, People�s Republic of China
15:00 548.

The Diagnostic Ability of Diffusion Weighted Imaging with Background Body Signal Suppression (DWIBS) in Bone

Metastasis

Behnaz Goudarzi1, Riwa Kishimoto1, Kyosan Yoshikawa1, Susumu Kandatsu1, Shuhei Komatsu1, Hiroyuki Ishikawa1, Makhtum

Shahnazi2, Hirohiko Tsujii1

1National Institute of Radiological Science, Chiba, Japan; 2Loghman University Hospital, Tehran, Iran
15:10 549.

Potential of SPIO in the Diagnosis of Bone Metastasis - Preliminary Examination for Clinical Application

Yuko Fukuda1, Kumiko Ando1, Reiichi Ishikura1, Natsuko Tsuda2, Naoki Kato2, Norio Nakao1

1Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan; 2Nihon Schering K.K., Osaka, Japan
15:20 550.

Examiner Variability of T2 of Cartilage in Subjects with Osteoarthritis

Matthew F. Koff1, Fazel A. Khan1, Kimberly K. Amrami1, Kenton R. Kaufman1

1Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
15:30 551.

Dynamic Contrast Enhanced MRI of Synovium in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients:  Response to Intra-Articular Therapy and

Relationship to Magnetization Transfer Contrast

Lawrence Yao1, Melanie Kotys1, Mildred Wilson1, Sandeep N. Gupta2, David M. Thomasson1,

Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky1

1NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA; 2General Electric Heathcare, Hanover, Maryland, USA
15:40 552.

Using MR Elastography to Evaluate Plantar Soft Tissue Damage in Diabetics

John B. Weaver1, Yvonne Y. Cheung1, Timothy B. Miller2, Marvin M. Doyley1, Phillip R. Perrinez2, Huifang Wang2, James S. Wrobel3,

Richard J. Comi1, Francis E. Kennedy2, Keith D. Paulsen2

1Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA; 2Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA; 3Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, Chicago, Illinois, USA
15:50 553.

Does 3.0 T MRI Improve Diagnosis of Internal Derangement of the Knee?

Ritu Rajwar1, Timothy John Mosher1, Eric A. Walker1, Jason Robert Stuck1, Scott A. Lynch1, Kevin P. Black1

1Penn State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA