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Abstract #3462

Feasibility of in vivo 3-D MRI of Femoral Neck Bone Microarchitecture at 3 T

Gregory Chang1, Ryan Brown2, Graham C. Wiggins2, Chamith S. Rajapakse3, Stephen Honig4, Ravinder R. Regatte2

1Radiology, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, United States; 2Radiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, United States; 3Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States; 4Rheumatology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, United States

We demonstrate the feasibility of performing in vivo 3-D MRI of bone microarchitecture of the femoral neck.

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