Abstract #1600

Analysis of 3D IR-UTE for Imaging Femur Head Necrosis: Signal Behavior and Optimized Soft Tissue Suppression in Dependence of Varying Relaxation Times

Kathrin Hemberger¹, Daniel Weber¹, Peter M. Jakob¹,², Daniel Haddad³

¹MRB Research Center for Magnetic-Resonance-Bavaria, Wrzburg, Bavaria, Germany; ²Departement of Experimental Physics 5, Institute of Physics, Wrzburg, Bavaria, Germany; ³MRB Research Center, Wrzburg, Bavaria, Germany

Based on analytical calculations of TI we simulated the transversal magnetization in dependence of relaxation times to investigate the contrast behavior of 3D IR-UTE when relaxation times change during therapy or disease progression of avascular femur head necrosis.