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Erschienen in: Pediatric Radiology 1/2014

01.01.2014 | Technical Innovation

Feasibility of ultrashort TE (UTE) imaging of children at 1.5 T

verfasst von: Suraj D. Serai, Tal Laor, Jerry R. Dwek, Andrew M. Zbojniewicz, Michael Carl

Erschienen in: Pediatric Radiology | Ausgabe 1/2014

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Abstract

Ultrashort TE (UTE) is a relatively new MRI technique that allows for the visualization of tissue structures with short T2 components that show little or no signal on all conventional MR imaging sequences. This technique, to the best of our knowledge, has been described only in adults and uses a half excitation pulse and radial k-space data acquisition to produce echo times of less than 100 microseconds with no need for additional hardware modifications. We describe the feasibility of using a 2-D UTE sequence in vivo on a routine 1.5 T clinical MR scanner to depict various musculoskeletal structures in children.
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Metadaten
Titel
Feasibility of ultrashort TE (UTE) imaging of children at 1.5 T
verfasst von
Suraj D. Serai
Tal Laor
Jerry R. Dwek
Andrew M. Zbojniewicz
Michael Carl
Publikationsdatum
01.01.2014
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
Pediatric Radiology / Ausgabe 1/2014
Print ISSN: 0301-0449
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-1998
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-013-2758-2

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