Abstract #5042

Imaging inferior alveolar neurovascular bundle using zero echo time magnetic resonance imaging

Chuanchen Zhang¹, Changhu Liang², Chuanying Shi³, Mingzhen Wu³, and Bin Zhang⁴

¹Department of Radiology, Liaocheng People’s Hospital, Shandong University, Liaocheng, People's Republic of China, ²Department of Radiology, Shandong Medical imaging research institute, ³Liaocheng People’s Hospital, Shandong University, ⁴Liaocheng People's Hospital, Shandong University

The goal of the present study was to evaluate ZTE acquisitions for the inferior alveolar neurovascular bundle (IANB) identification. For this purpose, 15 volunteers were scanned using a standard 3D ZTE sequence with a voxel size of 0.8×0.8×0.8 mm on a 3 Tesla MR unit. Both subjective and objective analyses were performed on all acquired IANB images. The results indicate that ZTE-MRI is feasible for the IANB imaging without the use of contrast material.

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