Quantification of fat infiltration in the sacroiliac joints with ankylosing spondylitis using IDEAL sequence

To quantitatively assess fat infiltration in the sacroiliac joints (SIJs) of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) by measuring the fat/water signal ratios of periarticular bone marrow with iterative decomposition of water and fat with echo asymmetry and least square estimation (IDEAL).

Source: Clinical Radiology - November 20, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: R.-m. Guo, W.-s. Lin, W.-m. Liu, W.-y. Zhou, S.-e. Cao, J. Wang, Q.-l. Li Source Type: research