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ArticleVeterinary sciences2022

Characterization of Equine Chronic Tendon Lesions in Low- and High-Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

Carla Ulrike Doll, Kerstin von Pueckler, Julia Offhaus, Dagmar Berner, Janina Burk

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Article in Veterinary sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Carla Ulrike DollEquine Clinic (Surgery, Orthopedics), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Frankfurter Straße 108, 35392 Giessen, Germany.
Kerstin von PuecklerSmall Animal Clinic (Surgery, Radiology), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Frankfurter Straße 114, 35392 Giessen, Germany.
Julia OffhausDepartment for Horses, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Leipzig, An den Tierkliniken 21a, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
Dagmar BernerEquine Referral Hospital, Department of Clinical Science and Services, Royal Veterinary College, Hawkshead Lane, Hatfield AL9 7TA, UK.
Janina BurkEquine Clinic (Surgery, Orthopedics), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Frankfurter Straße 108, 35392 Giessen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7868-0355

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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft BU3110/1-2
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In equine medicine, experience regarding MRI of chronic tendon lesions is limited, and evidence on the suitability of different sequences in 3 T high-field MRI is scarce. Therefore, macroscopically healthy and altered tendons were examined by histology and in 0.27 T low- and 3 T high-field MRI, focusing on T1-weighted (T1w) sequences to visualize chronic lesions. In high-field MRI, tendons were positioned parallel (horizontal) and perpendicular (vertical) to the magnetic field, acknowledging the possible impact of the magic angle effect. The images were evaluated qualitatively and signal intensities were measured for quantitative analysis. Qualitative evaluation was consistent with the quantitative results, yet there were differences in lesion detection between the sequences. The low-field T1w GRE sequence and high-field T1w FLASH sequence with vertically positioned tendons displayed all tendon lesions. However, the horizontally scanned high-field T1w SE sequence failed to detect chronic tendon lesions. The agreement regarding tendon signal intensities was higher between high-field sequences scanned in the same orientation (horizontal or vertical) than between the same types of sequence (SE or FLASH), demonstrating the impact of tendon positioning. Vertical scanning was superior for diagnosis of the tendon lesions, suggesting that the magic angle effect plays a major role in detecting chronic tendon disease.

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chronic tendon diseasehigh-field MRIlow-field MRImagic angle effectmagnetic resonance imaging

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PMCPMC9229038

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