Publications by authors named "Jiro Kobayashi"
Article Synopsis
- * In the study of 500 lumbar pars interarticularis, DESS exhibited high sensitivity (94%), specificity (99.5%), and accuracy (98.8%) for fracture detection, outperforming the T1-weighted imaging (T1WI).
- * DESS also demonstrated excellent inter-rater agreement and diagnostic performance for detecting BME, suggesting its potential to replace CT in diagnosing spondylolysis.
Purpose: T1WI (T1 weighted image) was acquired in order to grade bone fusion following the studies by FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Associations). Research using images other than T1WI has not been reported. The aim of this study is to evaluate the grade of epiphyseal fusion by T2* weighted images (T2*WI) and to investigate new findings on T2*WI as compared with T1WI.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: This study was performed to introduce and evaluate the potential of kinematic magnetic resonance imaging (KMRI) using a high-field open-magnet magnetic resonance (MR) system.
Methods: We attempted to perform KMRI of healthy volunteers' lumbar spine and knee in the lateral position and ankle in the supine position utilizing the superconducting, horizontally opened, 1.2 T MR system (OASIS, HITACHI, Tokyo, Japan).