ArticleFrontiers in musculoskeletal disorders2024
Tendon evaluation with ultrashort Echo Time (UTE) MRI: A Systematic Review.
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- Data-Driven Characterization of Knee Structures Using Non-Negative Matrix Factorization of 3D Multi-Echo UTE MRI.NMR in biomedicine · 2026Article
- Fat-suppressed quantitative ultrashort echo time magnetization transfer (UTE-MT) imaging of the knee joint.Magma (New York, N.Y.) · 2026Article
- Analysis of Multi-Component Echo Decay in Achilles Tendon by NMR Spectroscopy.NMR in biomedicine · 2026Article
- FRACTURE MRI: evaluation of imaging capability in hand tendon visualization using healthy volunteer MRI.Insights into imaging · 2026Article
- Comparative effects of platelets and plasma-derived mitochondria in early-phase Achilles tendon inflammation.Regenerative biomaterials · 2026Article
- Advances in Shoulder Pain Imaging: A Narrative Review of Current Practice and Emerging Trends.Current medical imaging · 2025Article
- Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging in Alzheimer's disease: a narrative review.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2025Review
- From Voxels to Physiology: A Review of Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging Applications in Skeletal Muscle.Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI · 2025Review
- Non-invasive evaluation of Achilles tendon and its enthesis using ultrashort echo time adiabatic TEuropean journal of radiology · 2025Article
- Significant age-related differences between lower leg muscles of older and younger female subjects detected by ultrashort echo time magnetization transfer modeling.NMR in biomedicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
Tendon disease ranks among the leading reasons patients consult their general practitioners, comprising approximately one-third of musculoskeletal appointments. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is regarded as the gold standard for assessing tendons. Due to their short transverse relaxation time (T2), Tendons show up as a signal void in conventional MRI scans, which employ sequences with echo times (TEs) around several milliseconds. Ultrashort echo time (UTE) sequences utilize TEs that are 100-1,000 times shorter than those used in conventional sequences. This enables the direct visualization of tendons and assessment of their relaxation times, which is the basis for quantitative MRI. A systematic review was conducted on publications after 1990 in Google Scholar and PubMed databases. The search terms "ultrashort echo time," "tendon," and "UTE" were used to identify studies related to this investigation. This review discussed the current knowledge in quantitative UTE-MRI imaging of tendons. Quantitative UTE-T1, UTE-T2*, UTE-MT, and UTE-T1ρ techniques were described, and their reported applications in the literature were summarized in this review. We also discussed the advantages and challenges of these techniques and how these quantitative biomarkers may change in response to tendon pathology.
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