J. Maurer et al., INDICATIONS FOR APPLICATION OF A HIGH-RES OLUTION COIL IN MR TOMOGRAPHY, RoFo. Fortschritte auf dem Gebiete der Rontgenstrahlen und der neuenbildgebenden Verfahren, 160(4), 1994, pp. 353-360
This is the first study with high spatial resolution Magnetic Resonanc
e Imaging (MRI), performed with a high resolution coil in a clinical w
hole-body system. Measurements were recorded with a slice thickness of
2 mm. A 256 x 256 matrix and a 2.5 cm field of view were used resulti
ng in a pixel size of 0.01 mm2. MR images of the skin, hand, wrist, kn
ee and ankle of 14 healthy volunteers, of three anatomic pathology tis
sue specimens and of three formalin-fixed specimens were obtained. Nor
mal anatomy was identified and compared with the three gross anatomic
pathology sections. The skin, hands, wrists and ankles of 30 patients
were examined and a variety of pathological lesions were detected, inc
luding cutaneous neoplasms and ulceration, acute and chronic tendon le
sions and pathologic features of the bone and wrist. Based on the exce
llent imaging of anatomic detail and superior contrast resolution, hig
h resolution MRI proved an important complement for preoperative diagn
osis.