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Improving Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging Using Deep Learning
Semin Musculoskelet Radiol 2020; 24: 451-459 DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1709482Deep learning methods have shown promising results for accelerating quantitative musculoskeletal (MSK) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for T2 and T1ρ relaxometry. These methods have been shown to improve musculoskeletal tissue segmentation on parametric maps, allowing efficient and accurate T2 and T1ρ relaxometry analysis for monitoring and predicting MSK diseases. Deep learning methods have shown promising results for disease detection on quantitative MRI with diagnostic performance superior to conventional machine-learning methods for identifying ...
Source: Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology - September 28, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Liu, Fang Tags: Review Article Source Type: research

Identifying Musculoskeletal Pain Generators Using Clinical PET
Semin Musculoskelet Radiol 2020; 24: 441-450 DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1713607Identifying the source of a person's pain is a significant clinical challenge because the physical sensation of pain is believed to be subjective and difficult to quantify. The experience of pain is not only modulated by the individual's threshold to painful stimuli but also a product of the person's affective contributions, such as fear, anxiety, and previous experiences. Perhaps then to quantify pain is to examine the degree of nociception and pro-nociceptive inflammation, that is, the extent of cellular, chemical, and molecular changes that occur in...
Source: Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology - September 28, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Yoon, Daehyun Kogan, Feliks Gold, Garry E. Biswal, Sandip Tags: Review Article Source Type: research

Quantitative Musculoskeletal Tumor Imaging
Semin Musculoskelet Radiol 2020; 24: 428-440 DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1708825The role of quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) techniques continues to grow and evolve in the evaluation of musculoskeletal tumors. In this review we discuss the MRI quantitative techniques of volumetric measurement, chemical shift imaging, diffusion-weighted imaging, elastography, spectroscopy, and dynamic contrast enhancement. We also review quantitative PET techniques in the evaluation of musculoskeletal tumors, as well as virtual surgical planning and three-dimensional printin...
Source: Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology - September 28, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Howe, B Matthew Broski, Stephen M. Littrell, Laurel A. Pepin, Kay M. Wenger, Doris E. Tags: Review Article Source Type: research

Advanced Quantitative Spine Imaging
Semin Musculoskelet Radiol 2020; 24: 413-427 DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1713608Although advanced quantitative imaging may not be currently used to any degree in the routine reporting of spinal examinations, this situation will change in the not too distant future. Advanced quantitative imaging has already allowed us to understand a great deal more regarding spinal development, marrow physiology, and disease pathogenesis. Radiologists are ideally suited to drive this research forward. To speed up this process and optimize the impact of studies reporting spine quantitative data, we should work toward universal standards on the acqu...
Source: Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology - September 28, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Griffith, James F. Tags: Review Article Source Type: research

Quantitative Imaging in Muscle Diseases with Focus on Non-proton MRI and Other Advanced MRI Techniques
Semin Musculoskelet Radiol 2020; 24: 402-412 DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1712955The role of neuromuscular imaging in the diagnosis of inherited and acquired muscle diseases has gained clinical relevance. In particular, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), especially whole-body applications, is increasingly being used for the diagnosis and monitoring of disease progression. In addition, they are considered as a powerful outcome measure in clinical trials. Because many muscle diseases have a distinct muscle involvement pattern, whole-body imaging can be of diagnostic value by identifying this pattern and thus narrowing the differential...
Source: Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology - September 28, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Weber, Marc-Andr é Nagel, Armin M. Kan, Hermien E. Wattjes, Mike P. Tags: Review Article Source Type: research