Inter-vendor and inter-observer reliability of diffusion tensor imaging in the musculoskeletal system: a multiscanner MR study

Abstract

Key points 1. Diffusion tensor imaging shows excellent inter-observer reliability. 2. Diffusion tensor imaging shows excellent inter-vendor reliability. 3. Quantitative results in musculoskeletal application of diffusion tensor imaging are reproducible in all the three magnetic resonance scanners. 4. DTI, as a reproducible magnetic resonance sequence, can be used for a quantitative evaluation of muscle microstructures during daily practice.

Keywords

• Muscle
• Diffusion tensor imaging
• Magnetic resonance
• Reliability
• Reproducibility