Thin-Slice MRI of the Joints with DLR

JRCT ID: jRCTs052200013

Registered date:14/05/2020

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Complete
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: rotator cuff tear, meniscal tear, medial collateral ligament tear of the elbow, etc
• Date of first enrollment: 29/09/2020
• Target sample size: 200
• Study type: Interventional
• Intervention(s): Scan MR images for research that are not scanned routinely.

Outcome(s)

Primary Outcome

1) Quality of MR images
2) Quantitatve values of MR images

• Secondary Outcome: None

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: >= 20age old
• Age maximum: Not applicable
• Gender: Both

Include criteria

1) Subjects older than 20 years who gave informed consent.
2) Subjects with joints symptoms who orthopedic physician judged that it was necessary to for peforming MRI of the joints.
3) Subjects who have obtained informed consent from subjects to join this study.

Exclude criteria

1) Subjects who cannot perform MRI for the following reasons
1. Cardiac pacemaker
2. The possibility of pregnancy
3. Severe arrhythmia
4. Aneurymal clipping
5. Mechanical valve replacement of the heart
6. Cochlear implant and hearing aid
7. Intravenous filter to prevent thrombus
8. Electrode and conductor in body
9. Insulin pump
10. Bone therapy with metalic pin and device
11. Artificial joint
12. Intrauterine device
13. Neurostimulation device
14. Visual impairment
15. Acoustic impairment
16. Respiratory disease
17. Aspiration disease
18. Motor impairment
19. Conciousness disturbance
20. Electric device and its fragment in body for therapy
21. Permanent tatoo or tatooed eyeliner
22. Color contact lenses
2) Subjects who have severe communication diseases (because we cannot talk with subjects when touble happens during scan)
3) Subjects who have severe systemic conditions (such as abnormal vital signs)
4) Subjects who doctors consider inappropriate as research subjects

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Kakigi Takahide
• Source(s) of Monetary Support: Canon Medical Systems Corporation