Abstract #2873

3D broadband IR-prepared UTE bone Imaging for assessment of ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) in the cervical spine

Masami Yoneyama¹, Iain Ball², Minako Azuma³, Toshinori Hirai³, and Marc Van Cauteren⁴

¹Philips Japan, Tokyo, Japan, ²Philips Australia & New Zealand, North Ryde, Australia, ³University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan, ⁴Philips Healthcare, Tokyo, Japan

We proposed a new technique for the cervical spine MR bone imaging based on broadband inversion recovery prepared segmented multispoke UTE sequence (3D BoneVIEW) for assessment of ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL). 3D BoneVIEW provided robust spinal bone imaging with sufficient background suppression. This sequence might be useful for assessment of the OPLL as an alternative to CT bone imaging.

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