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Abstract #1607

High Contrast 3D IDEAL Ultrashort TE (UTE) Imaging

Hbaib Al saleh1, Kevin M. Johnson1, Walter F. Block2, 3, Richard Kijowski3, Diego Hernando4

1Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States; 2Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States; 3Radiology, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States; 4Radiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States


Ultra short echo time imaging (UTE) requires a technique to separate short T2 signal from other water components.Here we describe a new method to enhance signal from short T2 components. We demonstrated that in the knee and the Achilles tendon.