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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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