Water- and fat-suppressed proton projection MRI (WASPI) of rat femur bone

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Investigators often study rats by μCT to investigate the pathogenesis and treatment of skeletal disorders in humans. However, μCT measurements provide information only on bone mineral content and not the solid matrix. CT scans are often carried out on cancellous bone, which contains a significant volume of marrow cells, stroma, water, and fat, and thus the apparent bone mineral density (BMD) does not reflect the mineral density within the matrix, where the mineral crystals are localized. Water- and fat-suppressed solid-state proton projection imaging (WASPI) was utilized in this study to image the solid matrix content (collagen, tightly bound water, and other immobile molecules) of rat femur specimens, and meet the challenges of small sample size and demanding submillimeter resolution. A method is introduced to recover the central region of k-space, which is always lost in the receiver dead time when free induction decays (FIDs) are acquired. With this approach, points near the k-space origin are sampled under a small number of radial projections at reduced gradient strength. The typical scan time for the current WASPI experiments was 2 hr. Proton solid-matrix images of rat femurs with 0.4-mm resolution and 12-mm field of view (FOV) were obtained. This method provides a noninvasive means of studying bone matrix in small animals. © 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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Wu, Y., Dai, G., Ackerman, J. L., Hrovat, M. I., Glimcher, M. J., Snyder, B. D., … Chesler, D. A. (2007). Water- and fat-suppressed proton projection MRI (WASPI) of rat femur bone. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 57(3), 554–567. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.21174

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