Joint Annual Meeting ISMRM-ESMRMB • 16-21 June 2018 • Paris, France

Sunrise Session
Emerging Methods in MSK MRI: Tendons, Ligaments, Menisci
Emerging Methods in MSK MRI: Tendons, Ligaments, Menisci
Sunrise Session

ORGANIZERS: Eric Chang, Garry Gold, Emily McWalter, Edwin Oei, Philip Robinson

 
Thursday, 21 June 2018
S04  07:00 - 07:50 Moderators:  Martijn Froeling, Kimberly Amrami

Skill Level: Intermediate
Session Number: S-Th-06

Overview
These sessions provide an overview of emerging methods to image a variety of musculoskeletal tissues: muscle, articular cartilage, bone, tendon, ligaments, and meniscus. Each sunrise session will begin with an overview of the basic MR physical concepts of the emerging techniques along with a summary of their current state of development, validation or implementation. This is followed by a clinically focused presentation on the utility of these methods for clinical research or patient care.

Target Audience
Trainees, researchers, and clinicians with an interest in the technical aspects and clinical applications of emerging MR methods for a variety of musculoskeletal tissues.

Educational Objectives
As a result of attending this course, participants should be able to:
-Describe the technical principles of a variety of emerging MRI methods for MSK imaging;
-Summarize how far these emerging methods have progressed from development to validation or implementation; and
-Discuss potential areas for clinical application of these techniques.

 

 
07:00
 		   UTE MRI of Tendons, Ligaments & Meniscus
Akshay Chaudhari
Tissues in the musculoskeletal system such as menisci, tendons, and ligaments typically have short-T2 relaxation times, which makes imaging them with high signal-to-noise (SNR) ratio challenging. This presentation covers novel concepts based on the development of ultrashort echo time (UTE) sequences to image and quantify potential biomarkers of disease activity in these short-T2 tissues. A brief description of the potential biomarkers that can be acquired with UTE sequences is provided along with a description of technical considerations important in practical implementation of these methods.

 
07:25
 		   Clinical Imaging of Tendons, Ligaments, Meniscus with Emerging MR Methods
Richard Hodgson
A number of clinical studies have applied emerging MRI methods to study tendon, ligament and meniscus pathology in-vivo. MRI methods which have been used include UTE, sodium, CEST and diffusion. UTE imaging, including quantitative techniques, have been used to study tendinopathy, psoriatic arthritis, and meniscal injury. Sodium MRI has been used to show changes in tendon pathology including chronic tendinopathy. Diffusion imaging has been investigated for studying damage to tendons and ligaments.

 
07:50
 		   Adjournment & Meet the Teachers
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