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- Title
Improved assessment of cartilage repair tissue using fluid-suppressed ²³Na inversion recovery MRI at 7 Tesla: preliminary results.
- Authors
Chang G; Madelin G; Sherman OH; Strauss EJ; Xia D; Recht MP; Jerschow A; Regatte RR; Chang, Gregory; Madelin, Guillaume; Sherman, Orrin H; Strauss, Eric J; Xia, Ding; Recht, Michael P; Jerschow, Alexej; Regatte, Ravinder R
- Abstract
<bold>Objectives: </bold>To evaluate cartilage repair and native tissue using a three-dimensional (3D), radial, ultra-short echo time (UTE) (23)Na MR sequence without and with an inversion recovery (IR) preparation pulse for fluid suppression at 7 Tesla (T).<bold>Methods: </bold>This study had institutional review board approval. We recruited 11 consecutive patients (41.5 ± 11.8 years) from an orthopaedic surgery practice who had undergone a knee cartilage restoration procedure. The subjects were examined postoperatively (median = 26 weeks) with 7-T MRI using: proton-T2 (TR/TE = 3,000 ms/60 ms); sodium UTE (TR/TE = 100 ms/0.4 ms); fluid-suppressed, sodium UTE adiabatic IR. Cartilage sodium concentrations in repair tissue ([Na(+)](R)), adjacent native cartilage ([Na(+)](N)), and native cartilage within the opposite, non-surgical compartment ([Na(+)](N2)) were calculated using external NaCl phantoms.<bold>Results: </bold>For conventional sodium imaging, mean [Na(+)](R), [Na(+)](N), [Na(+)](N2) were 177.8 ± 54.1 mM, 170.1 ± 40.7 mM, 172.2 ± 30 mM respectively. Differences in [Na(+)](R) versus [Na(+)](N) (P = 0.59) and [Na(+)](N) versus [Na(+)](N2) (P = 0.89) were not significant. For sodium IR imaging, mean [Na(+)](R), [Na(+)](N), [Na(+)](N2) were 108.9 ± 29.8 mM, 204.6 ± 34.7 mM, 249.9 ± 44.6 mM respectively. Decreases in [Na(+)](R) versus [Na(+)](N) (P = 0.0.0000035) and [Na(+)](N) versus [Na(+)](N2) (P = 0.015) were significant.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Sodium IR imaging at 7 T can suppress the signal from free sodium within synovial fluid. This may allow improved assessment of [Na(+)] within cartilage repair and native tissue.<bold>Key Points: </bold>• NaIR magnetic resonance imaging can suppress signal from sodium within synovial fluid. • NaIR MRI thus allows assessment of sodium concentration within cartilage tissue alone. • This may facilitate more accurate assessment of repair tissue composition and quality.
- Publication
European Radiology, 2012, Vol 22, Issue 6, p1341
- ISSN
0938-7994
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00330-012-2383-8