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Abstract #2469

Simultaneous Imaging of Myelin and Iron using Ultrashort Echo Time (UTE) MRI

Vipul R Sheth 1 , Jacopo Annese 1 , Hongda Shao 1 , Qun He 1 , Jody Corey-Bloom 2 , Graeme M Bydder 1 , and Jiang Du 1

1 Radiology, University of California, San Diego, CA, United States, 2 Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, CA, United States

An inversion recovery ultrashort echo time (IR-UTE) MRI pulse sequence is used to detect myelin lesions and iron deposition in multiple sclerosis patients. The mechanism by which the IR-UTE pulse sequence detects myelin and iron deposition is explored.

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