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Automatic image acquisition in muskuloskeletal MRI: Evaluation of time savings and quality

Automatic image acquisition in muskuloskeletal MRI: Evaluation of time savings and quality

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00039276
Enrollment
16
Registered
2026-02-09
Start date
2026-02-20
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-01

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Methodology study on healthy participants

Interventions

Group 1: Carrying out a non-contrast MRI examination of the lumbar spine, ankle, foot, knee, pelvis, and/or shoulder using the conventional (manual) workflow. Immediately after completing each of the

Sponsors

Universitätsmedizin Göttingen
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Eligible participants are adult, healthy volunteers who are capable of providing informed consent and express interest in participating in the study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria include pre-existing conditions affecting the examined body regions, general contraindications to MRI examinations (i.e., claustrophobia, non-MRI-compatible implants, recent tattoos, pregnancy), or body dimensions that are not compatible with the scanner specifications.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Total examination time per subject (min:sec), time interval from the first MRI sequence to completion of the last diagnostic sequence, extracted from the DICOM metadata.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Number of necessary re-scans per examination. Source: protocol logs and technician documentation. Share of examinations with at least one re-scan (%). Source: protocol logs and technician documentation. Share of examinations with intervention from technicians (%). Source: Technician documentation. Time from completed patient positioning to completed examination ("table top time"), manually recorded by the MRI staff.

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactSimon Friedrich Rösel

Universitätsmedizin Göttingen

simonfriedrich.roesel@med.uni-goettingen.de+495513962155

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jun 11, 2026