High-field MRI.

Cunningham, Patricia M; Law, Meng; Schweitzer, Mark E · Orthop Clin North Am · 2006

review · Level V

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Abstract

High-field MRI is moving rapidly from the research realm to clinical use. This modality has intrinsic advantages in signal to noise ratio, which allows images that have im-proved resolution, are obtained faster, or have less noise. Perhaps most importantly these scanners will allow functional imaging to become a reality in the musculoskeletal system. Care must be used in protocols because of the energy deposition and worsened artifacts at higher fields.

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