Characterization of Equine Chronic Tendon Lesions in Low- and High-Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

ABSTRACT: In equine medicine, experience regarding MRI of chronic tendon lesions is limited, and evidence on the suitability of different sequences in 3 T high-field MRI is scarce. Therefore, macroscopically healthy and altered tendons were examined by histology and in 0.27 T low- and 3 T high-field MRI, focusing on T1-weighted (T1w) sequences to visualize chronic lesions. In high-field MRI, tendons were positioned parallel (horizontal) and perpendicular (vertical) to the magnetic field, acknowledging the possible impact of the magic angle effect. The images were evaluated qualitatively and signal intensities were measured for quantitative analysis. Qualitative evaluation was consistent with the quantitative results, yet there were differences in lesion detection between the sequences. The low-field

SUBMITTER: Doll CU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9229038 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature