| Musculoskeletal
MR Imaging Hall C |
| M 1016. T1-T2 Comparison in Adult Articular Cartilage, B.J. Dardzinski, V.J. Schmithorst, T.J. Mosher and M.B. Smith, Children's Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA and The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, USA. |
| T 1017. T2 Measurements in Adult Patellar Cartilage at 1.5 and 3.0 Tesla, L.A. Klosterman, V.J. Schmithorst, S. Tan and B.J. Dardzinski, Children's Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA and GE Medical Systems, Milwaukee, WI, USA. |
| W 1018. Entropy Mapping of Articular Cartilage, B.J. Dardzinski, V.J. Schmithorst and T.J. Mosher, Children's Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA and The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, USA. |
| Th 1019. T1, T2 and Cross-Relaxation in Articular Cartilage: Characterization of Proteoglycan Depletion, P.J. Lattanzio, A.Z. Damyanovich, K.W. Marshall and H. Peemoeller, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
| M 1020. Measurement of Distribution of Water Content of Human Articular Cartilage Based on Transverse Relaxation Times: an in vitro Study, S. Lüsse, H. Claassen, T. Gehrke, M. Heller and C.C. Glüer, CAU, Kiel, Germany. |
| T 1021. Age-Dependence of Magnetization Transfer in Knee Muscle and Cartilage, N.P. Davies, A. Bainbridge, C. Hoad, W. Vennart, P.M. Collier and I.R. Summers, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK. |
| W 1022. Articular Cartilage Sodium Content as a Function of Compression, J.H. Kaufman, R.R. Reddy, J.B. Kneeland, J.S. Leigh and R. Reddy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. |
| Th 1023. Sodium and Proton MR Properties of Cartilage during Compression, R.R. Regatte, J.H. Kaufman, J.B. Kneeland, J.S. Leigh and R. Reddy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. |
| M 1024. Watershed Segmentation of High Resolution Articular Cartilage Image, S. Ghosh, D.C. Newitt and S. Majumdar, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA. |
| T 1025. Modeling of Articular Cartilage Structure from MR Image Intensity Data, J.F. Dunn, H. Zhu and D.W. Goodwin, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, NH, USA. |
| W 1026. Heterogeneity of Articular Surfaces as Determined using MR Microscopy, D.W. Goodwin, H. Zhu and J.F. Dunn, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, NH, USA. |
| Th 1027. Disruption of Striated Pattern in the Radial Layer on MR Images Reflects Focal Cartilage Damage, D.W. Goodwin, H. Zhu, Y. Zaim-Wadghiri, C.J. Vinton, E.D. Smith and J.F. Dunn, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, NH, USA; New York University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA and University of California, San Diego, CA, USA. |
| M 1028. Benefits of Articular Cartilage Imaging at 4 Tesla: An In Vivo Study of Normal Volunteers, D.W. Holdsworth, J.S. Gati, K. Saidi, R.S. Menon, B.K. Rutt, L. Thain, A. Spouge and A. Kirkley, University of Western Ontario and John P. Robarts Research Institute, London, ON, Canada. |
| T 1029. Evaluation of Patellar Cartilage with Axial IR-FSE, J.S. Suh, J.M. Cho, S-J. Kim and S.H. Kim, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. |
| W 1030. Three-Dimensional Evaluation of the Acetabular and Femoral Articular Cartilage in the Osteoarthritis of Hip Joint. MR Imaging in Two Dimensional Planes, T. Nishii, N. Sugano, K. Nakanishi, H. Tanaka, T. Sakai, K. Haraguchi, K. Ohzono and T. Ochi, Osaka University Medical School, Suita, Osaka, Japan. |
| Th 1031. Chondromalacia of the Knee: Sagittal, Gd-Enhancement, Fat Suppression 3D SPGR Imaging, S-J. Kim, J-S. Suh and J-M. Cho, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. |
| M 1032. One-Year Longitudinal Study of Femoral Cartilage Lesions in Knee Arthritis, S.J. Gandy, M.C. Keen, J.E. Foster, P.A. Dieppe, I. Watt, J.C. Waterton and R.A. Maciewicz, United Bristol Healthcare Trust and University of Bristol, Bristol, UK and Zeneca Pharmaceuticals, Macclesfield, UK. |
| T 1033. The FSE Cusp Artifact: A Phase Wrap-In Artifact Seen on Routine Clinical MR Images of the Knee, J.K. Kim, L.M. White, R.S. Hinks and K.F. King, Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Science Centre, University of Toronto and Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada and General Electric Medical Systems, Milwaukee, WI, USA. |
| W 1034. MR Sensitivity and Specificity for Composite Knee Injury versus Sensitivity and Specificity for Individual Structures, P.W.J. Vincken, B.P.M. ter Braak, A.R. van Erkel, T. de Rooy, I. Lim A Po and J.L. Bloem, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands and Westeinde Hospital and Leyenburg Hospital, The Hague, The Netherlands. |
| Th 1035. Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip: Closed Reduction Using a Vertically Open Interactive MR Unit, P. Lang, J.E. Vandevenne, T. Lincoln, L. Rinsky, K.R. Butts, G. Nicpon and G. Bergman, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. |
| M 1036. Clinical Experiences with a Combined Contrast Agent for Both MR- and RX/CT- Arthrography of the Shoulder in 220 Patients, K.E. Leupi-Skibinski, K.U. Wentz, J. Froehlich, C.A. von Weymarn, F. Seeber and C. Zollikofer, Kantonsspital, Winterthur, Switzerland. |
| T 1037. Sequence- and Gadolinium Concentration Dependent Profile of Signal Enhancement in MR Arthrography, J.M. Froehlich, C.A. von Weymarn, K.E. Leupi-Skibinski, F. Seeber, C.L. Zollikofer and K.U. Wentz, Kantonsspital, Winterthur, Switzerland and Guerbet AG, Zürich, Switzerland. |
| W 1038. Role of Diffusion-Weighted MRI and 31P-MRS in Differentiating Between Malignant and Benign Vertebral Compression Fractures, M. Matoba, H. Tonami, H. Yokota, Y. Kuginuki and I. Yamamoto, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan. |
| Th 1039. Magnetic Resonance Bone Marrow Scanning Using Diffusion-Weighted Echo Planar Imaging, D. Ballon, L.H. Schwartz, E. Lis, J. Dyke, E. Schneider and A.A. Jakubowski, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA and Pfizer, Inc., Groton, CT, USA. |
| M 1040. Quantitative Dynamic MR Imaging in Hematological Disorders, H. Hawighorst, T.M. Moehler, H. Schlemmer, H.G. Goldschmidt and G. van Kaick, German Cancer Research Center and University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. |
| T 1041. Effect of Stimulated Hematopoiesis on Red Bone Marrow Signal in Magnetic Resonance Imaging after Short-Term Application of Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor in Healthy Blood Stem Cell Donors at Low Field Strength, C. Altehoefer, N. Ghanem, H. Bertz and M. Langer, University Hospital, Freiburg, Germany. |
| W 1042. MR Imaging of Subchondral Osteonecrosis of the Vertebral Body after Percutaneous Laser Diskectomy, H. Tonami, Y. Kuginuki, M. Matoba, H. Yokota, I. Yamamoto and Y. Nishijima, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan. |
| Th 1043. T1-W Intensity Ratio of Vertebra and Disc (V/D Ratio) in Bone Marrow Evaluation: Preliminary Results in Normal Bone Marrow, M. Maas, E.J.P. Vlieger, E.M. Akkerman, C.E.M. Hollak, G.J. den Heeten and J.M.F.G. Aerts, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. |
| M 1044. In vivo Assessment of Trabecular Bone Changes Induced by Prednisolone in Rat Tibia Using High Resolution MRI, Y. Luo, M. Nuss, S. Majumdar, D. Wilcox, P. Nguyen, B. Lane, C. Wegner and P. Jacobson, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL, USA. |
| T 1045. Osteodensitometry of Peripheral Bone Marrow by MR Gradient-Echo Imaging Applying Different Spatial Resolutions, J. Machann, F. Schick, P. Schnatterbeck, O. Lutz and C.D. Claussen, Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Tübingen, Germany. |
| W 1046. Correction for Receiver Coil Inhomogeneity Profiles for Quantitative Analysis of Trabecular Bone Structure from High Resolution MRI, D.C. Newitt and S. Majumdar, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA. |
| Th 1047. Trabecular Micro-Architecture in the Knee Joint, O. Beuf, D.C. Newitt and S. Majumdar, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA. |
| M 1048. Histomorphometry of the Avian Growth Plate by NMR Microscopy, K. Potter, W.J. Landis and R.G.S. Spencer, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, USA and Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, OH, USA. |
| T 1049. Water Proton Relaxation by the Collagen and Mineral Components of Bovine Bone, M. Spiller, M.S. Tenner, M.J. Glimcher and S.H. Koenig, NY Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA and Relaxometry, Inc., Mahopac, NY, USA. |
| W 1050. High Resolution MRI-Histological Correlation of a TNFa-Transgenic Mouse Knee: Evaluation with a Clinical Scanner and a Self-Made RF Coil, G.S. Seo, E.M. Schwarz, E.W. Kwok, S.J. Rubin and S.M.S. Totterman, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA. |
| Th 1051. Determination of Skeletal Muscle Perfusion with High Temporal and Spatial Resolution Using Arterial Spin Labeling and Single-Shot Fast Spin Echo Imaging, P.G. Carlier, J.S. Raynaud, R.J. Gilles, A. Leroy-Willig and P. Le Roux, SHFJ-DRM, Orsay, France; Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France and GE Medical Systems, Buc, France. |
| M 1052. Dynamic in vivo Measurement of Diffusion and Pseudodiffusion in Skeletal Muscle after an Exercise, L. Ahvenjärvi, J. Jauhiainen, O. Tervonen, R. Blanco and J. Oikarinen, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland. |
| T 1053. In-Vivo Measurements of the Diffusion Tensor in Muscle: Tetrahedrally Encdoed Diffusion Gradients with Echo Planar Acquisition, U. Sinha, S. Sinha and L. Yao, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. |
| W 1054. Temperature Distribution Changes in Low Back Muscles during Applied Topical Heat: A Magnetic Resonance Thermometry Study, R.V. Mulkern, N. McDannold, K. Hynynen, J. Fielding, L. Panych, F.A. Jolesz and K. Weingand, Children's Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA and Procter and Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH, USA. |
| Th 1055. 1H Double Quantum Filtered MRI as a New Tool for the Assessment of Healing of Ruptured Achilles Tendon, Y. Seo, K. Ikoma, H. Takamiya, Y. Kusaka, L. Tsoref, U. Eliav, H. Shinar and G. Navon, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan and Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. |
| M 1056. Unsupervised Statistical Segmentation of Multispectral Volumetric MR Images, J. Tamez-Pena, S. Totterman, E. Kwok, G.S. Seo and K. Parker, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA. |
| T 1057. Fat Selective Imaging of Human Musculature using Spectral-Spatial Excitation and Low Receiver Bandwidth: Visualization of the Muscular Fat Distribution, F. Schick, J. Machann, K. Brechtel, S. Jacob, J. Forster, A. Strempfer, D.T. Stein and C.D. Claussen, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA. |
| W 1058. The Natural History of in Vivo Vaso-Occlusion in Sickle Cell Patients: Use of Oxygen as a Contrast Reagent to Detect Deoxyhemoglobin, M.E. Fabry, A. Kassim, H. Umans, J. Hrabe and R.L. Nagel, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA. |
| Th 1059. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Denervation-Induced Muscle Atrophy and the Effects of Clenbuterol in the Rat, M.D. Cockman, M.B. Jones, M.C. Prenger and R.J. Sheldon, Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Mason, OH, USA. |
| M 1060. T2 Changes in Stimulated Rat Hindlimb Muscle Depend on Osmolite Production, B.M. Prior, L.L. Ploutz-Snyder, T.G. Cooper and R.A. Meyer, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA. |