Visualization of Anterolateral Ligament of the Knee Using 3D Reconstructed Variable Refocus Flip Angle-Turbo Spin Echo T<sub>2</sub> Weighted Image
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- Yokosawa Kenta
- Hachiya Orthopaedic Hospital
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- Sasaki Kana
- Hachiya Orthopaedic Hospital
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- Muramatsu Koichi
- Hachiya Orthopaedic Hospital
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- Ono Tomoya
- Hachiya Orthopaedic Hospital
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- Izawa Hiroyuki
- Hachiya Orthopaedic Hospital
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- Hachiya Yudo
- Hachiya Orthopaedic Hospital
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- Other Title
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- 3D Variable Refocus Flip Angle-Turbo Spin Echo T<sub>2</sub> 強調画像を用いた膝anterolateral ligament 描出における三次元画像再構成の有用性
- 臨床技術 3D Variable Refocus Flip Angle-Turbo spin Echo T₂強調画像を用いた膝anterolateral ligament描出における三次元画像再構成の有用性
- リンショウ ギジュツ 3D Variable Refocus Flip Angle-Turbo spin Echo T ₂ キョウチョウ ガゾウ オ モチイタ ヒザ anterolateral ligament ビョウシュツ ニ オケル サンジゲン ガゾウ サイコウセイ ノ ユウヨウセイ
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Abstract
Anterolateral ligament (ALL) is one of the lateral structures in the knee that contributes to the internal rotational stability of tibia. ALL has been referred to in some recent reports to re-emphasize its importance. We visualized the ALL on 3D-MRI in 32 knees of 27 healthy volunteers (23 male knees, 4 female knees; mean age: 37 years). 3D-MRIs were performed using 1.5-T scanner [T2 weighted image (WI), SPACE: Sampling Perfection with Application optimized Contrast using different flip angle Evolutions] in the knee extended positions. The visualization rate of the ALL, the mean angle to the lateral collateral ligament (LCL), and the width and the thickness of the ALL at the joint level were investigated. The visualization rate was 100%. The mean angle to the LCL was 10.6 degrees. The mean width and the mean thickness of the ALL were 6.4 mm and 1.0 mm, respectively. The ALL is a very thin ligament with a somewhat oblique course between the lateral femoral epicondyle and the mid-third area of lateral tibial condyle. Therefore, the slice thickness and the slice angle can easily affect the ALL visualization. 3D-MRI enables acquiring thin-slice imaging data over a relatively short time, and arbitrary sections aligned with the course of the ALL can later be selected.
Journal
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- Japanese Journal of Radiological Technology
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Japanese Journal of Radiological Technology 72 (5), 416-423, 2016
Japanese Society of Radiological Technology
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- CRID
- 1390282681340213120
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- NII Article ID
- 130005152034
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- NII Book ID
- AN00197784
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- ISSN
- 18814883
- 03694305
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- NDL BIB ID
- 027451881
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- PubMed
- 27211087
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- JaLC
- NDL
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- PubMed
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