title: Water-suppression MRI: role in the evaluation of osseous lesions.
abstract: The efficacy of chemical shift based water-suppression MRI in the evaluation of bone marrow lesions has not been previously reported. T1-weighted images without and with water suppression were compared in five patients with 16 lesions. There was a significant improvement in the contrast-to-noise ratio (from 4.32 to 5.95, P < 0.01) and contrast ratio (from 1.71 to 5.69, P < 0.004) with water suppression. Water suppression may be useful clinically by increasing the conspicuity of bone marrow lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, UMDNJ New Jersey Medical School, Newark 07103, USA.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Wolansky
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rajaraman
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lum
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Fiorito
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wedmid
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001826:Body Fluids; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary