origin of signal from bone in musculoskeleton imaging protocols

[gautam]

Since most of my work has been in neuroimaging, I have long held the view that bone (i.e skull) appears dark because of very short T2 for highly structured biomaterials like bone. Recently, I have been looking at Imaging for other body parts, specifically MSK protocols, where one can also see the bone as bright / moderately hyperintense structure in the image. I am wondering, how does the bone appear with such sufficient signal in these protocols? What parameters (and how) are used to make the bony structures appear visible (and bright) ?
If there is a section on this site that already covers this, please direct me to it.
Thanks,
Sid.