MR signal intensity: staying on the bright side in MR image interpretation
Abstract In 2003, the Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded for contribution to the invention of MRI, reflecting the incredible value of MRI for medicine. Since 2003, enormous technical advancements have been made in acquiring MR images. However, MRI has a complicated, accident-prone dark side; image...
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| author | Annette H M van der Helm-van Mil Monique Reijnierse Tom W J Huizinga Johan L Bloem |
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| description | Abstract In 2003, the Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded for contribution to the invention of MRI, reflecting the incredible value of MRI for medicine. Since 2003, enormous technical advancements have been made in acquiring MR images. However, MRI has a complicated, accident-prone dark side; images are not calibrated and respective images are dependent on all kinds of subjective choices in the settings of the machine, acquisition technique parameters, reconstruction techniques, data transmission, filtering and postprocessing techniques. The bright side is that understanding MR techniques increases opportunities to unravel characteristics of tissue. In this viewpoint, we summarise the different subjective choices that can be made to generate MR images and stress the importance of communication between radiologists and rheumatologists to correctly interpret images. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-423a0553deae4cc0aed86d5a1e1811662025-02-02T12:35:10ZengBMJ Publishing GroupRMD Open2056-59332018-06-014110.1136/rmdopen-2018-000728MR signal intensity: staying on the bright side in MR image interpretationAnnette H M van der Helm-van Mil0Monique Reijnierse1Tom W J Huizinga2Johan L Bloem3Rheumatology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The NetherlandsRadiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands1 Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands1 Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The NetherlandsAbstract In 2003, the Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded for contribution to the invention of MRI, reflecting the incredible value of MRI for medicine. Since 2003, enormous technical advancements have been made in acquiring MR images. However, MRI has a complicated, accident-prone dark side; images are not calibrated and respective images are dependent on all kinds of subjective choices in the settings of the machine, acquisition technique parameters, reconstruction techniques, data transmission, filtering and postprocessing techniques. The bright side is that understanding MR techniques increases opportunities to unravel characteristics of tissue. In this viewpoint, we summarise the different subjective choices that can be made to generate MR images and stress the importance of communication between radiologists and rheumatologists to correctly interpret images.https://rmdopen.bmj.com/content/4/1/e000728.full |
| spellingShingle | Annette H M van der Helm-van Mil Monique Reijnierse Tom W J Huizinga Johan L Bloem MR signal intensity: staying on the bright side in MR image interpretation RMD Open |
| title | MR signal intensity: staying on the bright side in MR image interpretation |
| title_full | MR signal intensity: staying on the bright side in MR image interpretation |
| title_fullStr | MR signal intensity: staying on the bright side in MR image interpretation |
| title_full_unstemmed | MR signal intensity: staying on the bright side in MR image interpretation |
| title_short | MR signal intensity: staying on the bright side in MR image interpretation |
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| url | https://rmdopen.bmj.com/content/4/1/e000728.full |
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