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Some knowledge of MR theory is required to be able to achieve high contrast between bone metastases and normal marrow. Three factors are used in MR to diagnose bone metastases: fat–water distribution, artifacts induced by bone trabeculae, and uptake of contrast medium. Using MR-histological correlations based on specimens of the lumbar spine, and studies of patients, we explain the advantages and limitations of sequences studying fat and water (spin-echo T1, STIR, in- and out-of-phase gradient echo, fat presaturation), bone trabeculae (gradient echo with long TE), and the injection of contrast medium.
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Received 27 October 1997; Revision received 16 February 1998; Accepted 18 February 1998
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Vanel, D., Bittoun, J. & Tardivon, A. MRI of bone metastases. Eur Radiol 8, 1345–1351 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003300050549
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