Development of Dedicated dGEMRIC Protocol for Biochemical Imaging of the Temporomandibular Joint Disc at 3 Tesla: A Feasibility Study
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The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is one of the most complex joints in the human body. TMJ degenerative changes are studied by means of MRI morphological techniques. So far, to our best knowledge, there was no attempt to show the biochemical ultrastructure of cartilage in the TMJ in humans in-vivo. Our feasibility study show that the tracer accumulation occurs within 30 minutes and an inversion recovery technique in combination with application of delayed-Gadolinium Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Cartilage can reveal biochemical composition of TMJ in terms of GAG content.
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تاریخ انتشار 2013