Abstract #3220
Bone marrow T2* values in healthy subjects: reproducibility and normal values
Antonella Meloni 1 , Gennaro Restaino 2 , Massimiliano Missere 2 , Emilio Lozupone 3 , Vittorio Semeraro 3 , Vincenzo Positano 1 , Massimo Lombardi 1 , Giuseppina Sallustio 2 , and Alessia Pepe 1
1
CMR Unit, Fondazione G.Monasterio
CNR-Regione Toscana and Institute of Clinical
Physiology, Pisa, Italy,
2
Dipartimento
di Radiologia, Un. Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Centro di
Ricerca e Formazione ad Alta Tecnologia "G. Paolo II",
Campobasso, Italy,
3
Policlinico
A. Gemelli, Roma, Italy
Bone marrow T2* measurements are feasible, reproducible,
non-time-consuming and can be limited to a circular
region of interest. Bone marrow T2* values in healthy
subjects are independent of age but are significantly
higher in females. Gender-specific lower limits of
normal have been defined.
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