Susceptibility Effects of Bone Trabeculae Quantification In Vivo Using an Asymmetric Spin-Echo Technique

Abstract

To some extent, quantification of bone density is possible using magnetic resonance imaging; however, the relatively wide dispersion of the susceptibility effect, plotted against the calcium density in the axial skeleton, indicates that other factors, such as the three-dimensional structure of bone trabeculae, may play important roles in determining magnetic resonance parameters.