Clinical applications of Dixon chemical shift MR imaging: Morbus Gaucher, Morbus Hansen

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CHAPTER 1 Introduction

CHAPTER 2 Dixon quantitative chemical shift MRI for bone marrow evaluation in the lumbar spine: A reproducibility study in healthy volunteers

CHAPTER 3 Imaging and Quantifying Skeletal Involvement in Gaucher Disease

CHAPTER 4 Quantification of skeletal involvement in adults with type 1 Gaucher disease: fat fraction measured by Dixon quantitative chemical shift imaging (Dixon QCSI) is a valid parameter

CHAPTER 5 Dixon quantitative chemical shift imaging is a sensitive tool for the evaluation of bone marrow responses to individualized doses of enzyme supplementation therapy in type 1 Gaucher disease

CHAPTER 6 Response of Gaucher bone disease to enzyme replacement therapy

CHAPTER 7 The vertebra-disc ratio as a parameter for bone marrow involvement and its application in Gaucher disease

CHAPTER 8 Quantification of bone involvement in Gaucher disease: MRI bone marrow burden score as an alternative for Dixon quantitative chemical shift imaging (Dixon QCSI)

CHAPTER 9 Summary, general discussion and future research

CHAPTER 10 Samenvatting

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CHAPTER 1 Introduction

CHAPTER 2 Uniform fat-suppression in hands and feet through the use of two-point Dixon chemical shift MR imaging

CHAPTER 3 MRI in clinically asymptomatic neuropathic leprosy feet: A baseline study

CHAPTER 4 MR Imaging of neuropathic feet in leprosy patients with suspected osteomyelitis

CHAPTER 5 Summary, general discussion and future research

CHAPTER 6 Samenvatting

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