Abstract #0937
Feasibility of Ultrashort Echo Time (UTE) MR Imaging at 1.5 T in the Diagnosis of Skull Fractures
Hao Wu 1 , Shuguang Chu 1 , Huaping Sun 1 , Yumin Zhong 2 , Quanmin Nie 3 , Liemei Guo 3 , Xi Yang 3 , Hong Zhang 2 , Yi Lin 2 , Weibo Chen 4 , He Wang 5 , and Ming Zhu 2
1
Department of Radiology, HuaShan Hospital
North, Fudan University, Baoshan District, Shanghai,
China,
2
Department
of Radiology, Shanghai Childrens Medical Center,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Pudong
New District, Shanghai, China,
3
Department
of Neurosurgery, Ren Ji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong
University School of Medicine, Pudong New District,
Shanghai, China,
4
Philips
Healthcare, Shanghai, China,
5
Philips
Research China, Shanghai, China
By the research of skull fracture specimens of 10 Bama
pigs and 45 skull fracture patients, our study firstly
found that MRI three dimentional ultrashort echo time
(UTE) dual-echo pulse sequences clearly demonstrated the
skull structures and fractures including linear,
depressed and comminuted fractures. On this basis, the
head MRI scan sequences of paediatric and adult patients
of craniocerebral trauma, will be designed to partly
replace CT to achieve the goal of no radiation and
accurate imaging diagnosis. Particularly, the infants,
children and pregnant women who are sensitive to or
prohibited from X-ray will benefit from this study.
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