Diagnostic Magnetic Resonance Imaging

The diagnosis of DIJCL lesions associated with foot lameness was made using a 27-T magnet² with horses in a standing position using a hoof coil (see text footnote 2). The MRI examination of the feet was completed, as previously described, using proton density-weighted spin echo, T1-weighed gradient echo sequence (T1W-GE), T2-weighted fast spin echo, and short-tau inversion-recovery fast spin echo sequence (STIR FSE) sequences (22). Proton density-weighted spin echo scans were completed in a transverse plane; T1W-GE scans in transverse, frontal, and sagittal planes; T2-weighted fast spin echo scans in dorsal and transverse planes and STIR FSE scans in transverse, dorsal, and sagittal planes.