Angle Dependence of Signal Intensity of a Bovine Tendon at Spin Echo Sequence.
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- NISHIYAMA Hideyoshi
- Departmant of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry
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- SASAI Tadashi
- Departmant of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry
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- BENEDEK Peter
- Departmant of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry
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- MAEDA Takasi
- Departmant of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry
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- MATSUMURA Satoko
- Departmant of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry
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- FUCHIHATA Hajime
- Departmant of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry
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- Other Title
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- Spin echo法におけるBovine tendonの信号強度の角度依存性について
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Abstract
It has been reported that the signal intensity of dense collagen fibers markedly increases in some tissues on MRI, when collagen fibers are oriented at about 55° against the static magnetic field. This angle is sometimes called the magic angle. The magic angle phenomenon is caused by magnetic dipolar-dipolar interaction between water protons. As this phenomenon has been reported to be related to the T2 relaxation rate only, the signal intensity may be influenced by the T2 relaxation rate at the spin echo (SE) sequence if other parameters are fixed. Information regarding the increasing ratio of signal intensity depending on the angle may be clinically important. A bovine tendon was rotated horizontally in a static magnetic field and images were obtained with SE or fast spin echo (FSE) sequences as follows: (a) SE (TR/TE=2000/15, 30, 45, 60), (b) SE (TR/TE=300, 500, 700/14), (c) FSE (TR/TE=3000/15, 105 eff., echo train length 14). By comparing the theoretical curves and data, it was con-firmed that the signal intensity was related to the second power of the local magnetic field strength. The increasing ratio of signal intensity of the bovine tendon at 55° (magic angle) compared with 0° was about 3 times (TE=30). The most influential TE was about 20-40 msec. The increasing ratio of signal intensity did not depend on TR change or the FSE technique.
Journal
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- Shika Hoshasen
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Shika Hoshasen 39 (1), 27-34, 1999
Japanese Society for Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390282679939973248
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- NII Article ID
- 130003753830
- 10020459179
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- NII Book ID
- AN00101479
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- ISSN
- 21856311
- 03899705
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
- CiNii Articles
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- Disallowed