2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Evaluation of t2 value of the human knee cartilage by 1.5T magnetic resonance imaging
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21791167
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Radiation science
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| Research Institution | Asahikawa Medical College |
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Principal Investigator |
INAOKA Tsutomu Asahikawa Medical College, 医学部, 講師 (00322892)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2010
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| Keywords | 膝関節 / 関節軟骨 / 核磁気共鳴装置 / t2値 |
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| Research Abstract |
MRI is the best of choice for the evaluation of the human knee cartilage, the studies evaluated by MRI of 3T or over have been reported. We evaluated the t2 values of the human knee cartilage with 1.5T MRI, in which the t2 values of the human knee cartilage were influenced by age, gender, body weight, or BMI. In patients with the early stage of osteoarthritis of the knee, the t2 values of the cartilage were elongated and inhomogeneity of the t2 values of the knee cartilage was also noted on the t2 mapping.
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