Tissue Characterization in MR Imaging

1. Methods and Techniques

   1. Signal Mechanisms and Influences

      1. Serial Inversion Nulling Syntheses (“SINS”) to Enhance Lesion Contrast

         • R. J. Kurland, J. D. Shoop, G. R. Funkhouser

         Pages 118-124

   2. Pattern Recognition

      1. Tissue Characterization with MRI: The Value of the MR Parameters

         • D. A. Ortendahl, N. M. Hylton, L. Kaufman

         Pages 126-138

      2. Using an “Information Manager” as a Component of a Tissue Classification System in NMR Tomography

         • M. Jungke, G. Bielke, W. von Seelen, S. Meindl, M. Grigat, H. P. Higer

         Pages 139-144

      3. MR Tissue Characterization Using Iconic Fuzzy Sets

         • W. Menhardt

         Pages 145-148

      4. Tissue Discrimination in Three-dimensional Imaging by Texture Analysis

         • H.-H. Ehricke, G. Laub

         Pages 149-153

      5. Generation of Tissue-Specific Images by Means of Multivariate Data Analysis of MR Images

         • A. Wittmann, G. Burger

         Pages 154-160

      6. Feature Extraction from NMR Images Using Factor Analysis

         • M. Šámal, M. Kárný, H. Sůrová, J. Zajíček

         Pages 161-164

      7. Multispectral Analysis of Magnetic Resonance Images: A Comparison Between Supervised and Unsupervised Classification Techniques

         • A. Alaux, P. A. Rinck

         Pages 165-169

      8. Textural Analysis of Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Metabolic Bone Disease — An Approach to Tissue Characterisation of the Spine

         • J. P. R. Jenkins, X. P. Zhu, R. W. Whitehouse, I. Isherwood, J. E. Adams, P. H. Adams

         Pages 170-173

      9. Tissue Type Imaging — An Approach to Clinical Use

         • S. Meindl, M. Jungke, G. Bielke, M. Grigat, W. von Seelen, P. Pedrosa et al.

         Pages 174-182

2. Clinical Results

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183

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   2. Musculoskeletal

      1. MRI Evaluation of Early Degenerative Cartilage Disease by a Three-dimensional Gradient Echo Sequence

         • K. Glückert, B. Kladny, G. Hofmann, W. Willauschus, A. Blank-Schäl, P. Wirtz

         Pages 185-192

      2. MRI vs Scintigraphy in the Detection of Vertebral Metastases: Preliminary Results

         • P. R. Algra, J. L. Bloem, L. J. Verboom, J. W. Arndt, H. J. P. Vogel, H. Tissing et al.

         Pages 193-197

      3. MRI of Osteomyelitis

         • D. Duque Reina, K. Bohndorf, G. Alzen

         Pages 198-203

      4. MRI in Bone Infection

         • G. F. Götz, K. Mathias

         Pages 204-207

      5. MR Imaging After Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery

         • K. Wenda, G. Ritter, H. P. Higer, P. Pedrosa

         Pages 208-210

      6. MRI Tissue Characterization of an Anatomical Structure Subject to Major Functional Displacement: The Temporomandibular Joint

         • A. M. Bernard, J. C. Quemar, H. Romdane, J. D. de Certaines

         Pages 211-212

   3. Body

      1. Tissue Characterization of Focal Lesions by Liver MR Imaging

         • C. J. Fretz, D. D. Stark

         Pages 214-224

      2. Differentiation of Focal Liver Lesions by Contrast-Enhanced MRI

         • P. Heintz, Ch. Ehrenheim, G. Oetting, H. Hundeshagen

         Pages 225-233

      3. Investigation of Liver Pathology with Magnetite-Dextran Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles as New MRI Contrast Agent

         • D. Pouliquen, R. Perdrisot, A. Ermias, S. Akoka, P. Jallet, J. J. le Jeune

         Pages 234-241

H.P. HIGER 1 In the seventeenth century people dreamed about a machine to get rid of evil spirits and obsessions, which were thought to be the main source of mis­ fortune and disease. I am not going to question this approach, because in a way it sounds reasonable. They dreamed of a machine that would display im­ ages from the inner world of men which could be easily identified and named. Somehow these are the roots of MR imaging. Of course, we now view disease from a different point of view but our objectives remain the same, namely to make diseases visible and to try to characterize them in order to cure them. This was the reason for setting up a symposium on tissue characterization. About 300 years later the clinical introduction of MRI has great potential for making this dream come true, and I hope that this symposium has con­ stituted another step toward its realization. When Damadian published his article in 1971 about differences in T1 relaxation times between healthy and pathological tissues, this was a milestone in tissue characterization. His results initiated intensive research in­ to MR imaging and tissue parameters. Actually his encouraging discovery was not only the first but also the last for a long time in the field of MR tissue characterization.

• MR imaging
• Monitor
• NMR
• bone
• brain
• cartilage
• classification
• contrast agent
• magnetic resonance
• magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
• pathology
• scintigraphy
• surgery
• tissue
• tomography

• MRI Department, Deutsche Klinik für Diagnostik, Wiesbaden, Germany

  H. Peter Higer, Gernot Bielke

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