title: [Gradients of echo sequences with extended repetition time in the diagnosis of bone marrow changes in the spine].
abstract: Hitherto T1-weighted Spin-Echo-Sequences, most combined with T2-weighted sequences, were used to detect pathological bone marrow lesions. This method needs a long examination time and results in T2-images with a low morphological resolution. In the majority of examinations using Gradient-Echo-Sequences with prolonged repetition-times (FLASH: flip angle 40 degrees, TR/TE = 500/17 msec) there is no need of an additional measurement. Therefore these sequences save about 75% of the examination time and they give higher contrast between normal and pathological bone marrow.
authors.affiliation: Radiologische Klinik und Poliklinik Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Krauss
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tiling
mesh_terms: D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D013131:Spine / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Gradienten-Echo-Sequenzen mit verlängerter Repetitionszeit in der Diagnostik von Knochenmarksveränderungen der Wirbelsäule.