High-field MRI.
High-field MRI is moving rapidly from the research realm to clinical use. This modality has intrinsic advantages in signal to noise ratio, which allows images that have im-proved resolution, are obtained faster, or have less noise. Perhaps most importantly these scanners will allow functional imaging to become a reality in the musculoskeletal system. Care must be used in protocols because of the energy deposition and worsened artifacts at higher fields.
Cunningham
Patricia M
PM
Department of Radiology, New York University/Hospital for Joint Diseases, 301 East 17th Street, New York, NY 10003, USA. cunnip01@med.nyu.edu
Law
Meng
M
Schweitzer
Mark E
ME
D016477:Artifacts; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D009141:Musculoskeletal System