[Typical nuclear spin tomographic intensity distribution patterns in different knee joint diseases using a gradient echo sequence].
The knee joints of 31 patients and 3 volunteers were examined with a 1.5 T Magnetom using 3D-gradient echo sequences. We measured for the most widespread diseases: the gonarthrosis (n = 23) and rheumatoid arthritis (n = 8) the signal intensities in all joint parts and the typical signal plots were worked out. In case of minimal changes at the articular cartilage, the method developed and tried out by us can facilitate diagnosis. A special aspect of this method is also the patient follow-up which is now possible quantitatively and objectively.
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Abteilung für Röntgendiagnostik und Nuklearmedizin, Klinikum Steglitz, Freien Universität Berlin.
König
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Wolf
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001168:Arthritis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
Typische kernspintomographische Intensitäts-Verteilungsmuster bei unterschiedlichen Kniegelenkerkrankungen unter Anwendungen einer Gradienten-Echo-Sequenz.