Focus on Diffusion MR Investigations of Musculoskeletal Tissue to Improve Osteoporosis Diagnosis: A Brief Practical Review

Figure 1

Schematic representation of water MSD as a function of the diffusion time , obtained in a heterogeneous system depicted at the bottom. Solid lines represent curves obtained by using relation (1). In the case of restricted diffusion, the two solid lines represent curves obtained considering data at short and long times.