Abstract #5161

Imaging Scoliosis Using Zero Echo Time MRI

Chien-Yuan Eddy Lin¹, Hsiao-Ling Lin¹, Ya-Lin Fang², Hung-Ta Wu³, Chi-Kuang Feng^4,5,6, and Wan-You Guo³

¹GE Healthcare, Taipei, Taiwan, ²Clinical Evoked Potential Study Room, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ³Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ⁴Division of Pediatric Orthopedics, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ⁵Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ⁶Medicine, National Defense of Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

A high resolution, rapid scanning and three-dimensional zero-echo time (ZTE) protocol for cortical bone of whole spine imaging was established in this study. It provides computed tomography-like bone contrast and offers the similar result in the measurement of Cobb angle with conventional radiography, suggesting that the detection scoliosis and measurement of curvature using ZTE is possible, providing a potential alternative radiation-free diagnostic option that is especially relevant to scoliosis patients who need to undergo repeated examinations for evaluating the progress of spinal curvature.

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