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EVALUATION OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING TECHNIQUES IN THE EQUINE DIGIT
Author(s) -
Kleiter M.,
Kneissl S.,
Stanek Ch.,
Mayrhofer E.,
Baulain U.,
Deegen E.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
veterinary radiology and ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.541
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1740-8261
pISSN - 1058-8183
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-8261.1999.tb01833.x
Subject(s) - magnetic resonance imaging , medicine , sagittal plane , anatomy , warmblood , numerical digit , tenosynovitis , suspensory ligament , spin echo , fibrocartilage , nuclear medicine , dorsum , coronal plane , nuclear magnetic resonance , radiology , horse , pathology , osteoarthritis , articular cartilage , biology , paleontology , physics , alternative medicine , arithmetic , mathematics , surgery
An anatomic study of the equine digit using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed. Seventeen isolated forelimbs and one hindleg of nine warmblood horses were imaged in transverse, sagittal, and dorsal planes with a 1.5 Tesla magnet using T1‐, T2‐ proton density‐weighted spin echo sequences as well as T2* gradient echo sequences. One scan plane in each horse was compared with corresponding anatomic and histologic sections. The best imaging planes to visualize various anatomic structures were determined. Fibrocartilage was visualized in the insertion of the deep digital flexor tendon and the suspensory ligament as well as in the distal sesamoidean ligaments. The correlation of MRI images with anatomic and histologic sections confirmed that all of the anatomic structures in the equine digit could be evaluated in PD and T2 studies.