PURPOSE: To validate the accuracy of T1 measurement by three-dimensional Look-Locker method (3D LL) for delayed gadolinium-enhanced MRI of cartilage (dGEMRIC) of human subjects with and without osteoarthritis (OA), as compared with two-dimensional inversion recovery fast spin-echo (2D IR-FSE) technique. MATERIALS AND METHODS: MR sagittal images of the knees were acquired for T1 mapping in 29 subjects with standard 2D IR-FSE and 3D LL sequences 90-135 min following administration of 0.2 mmol/kg Gd-DTPA(2-). T1 maps of femoral and tibial cartilage were generated using custom software. Comparisons in T1 values between the two techniques were performed using regression analysis. RESULTS: Good agreement in T1 values between 2D IR-FSE and 3D LL was observed (R values of 0.90, and 0.85, and 0.86 for all, OA, and control subjects, respectively) when acquired within 15 min. CONCLUSION: The 3D LL sequence provides accurate T1 estimates of articular cartilage with advantages of entire joint coverage, shorter acquisition time, and a wide range of inversion times sampled within a single acquisition.
PURPOSE: To validate the accuracy of T1 measurement by three-dimensional Look-Locker method (3D LL) for delayed gadolinium-enhanced MRI of cartilage (dGEMRIC) of human subjects with and without osteoarthritis (OA), as compared with two-dimensional inversion recovery fast spin-echo (2D IR-FSE) technique. MATERIALS AND METHODS: MR sagittal images of the knees were acquired for T1 mapping in 29 subjects with standard 2D IR-FSE and 3D LL sequences 90-135 min following administration of 0.2 mmol/kg Gd-DTPA(2-). T1 maps of femoral and tibial cartilage were generated using custom software. Comparisons in T1 values between the two techniques were performed using regression analysis. RESULTS: Good agreement in T1 values between 2D IR-FSE and 3D LL was observed (R values of 0.90, and 0.85, and 0.86 for all, OA, and control subjects, respectively) when acquired within 15 min. CONCLUSION: The 3D LL sequence provides accurate T1 estimates of articular cartilage with advantages of entire joint coverage, shorter acquisition time, and a wide range of inversion times sampled within a single acquisition.
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