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.