Abstract #2671

Short T2* Components Separation Based on Hyperbolic Tangent R2* Model Using Dual-Echo UTE Imaging

You-Jin Jeong^1,2,3, Seung-Nam Baek^4,5, Han-Jae Chung^1,2,3, Jong-Min Kim^1,2,3, Jun-Sik Yoon^1,2,3, Chulhyun Lee⁶, and Chang-Hyun Oh^1,2,3,7

¹Electronics and Information Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ²Korea Artificial Organ Center, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ³ICT Convergence Technology for Health and Safety, Korea University, Sejong, Korea, Republic of, ⁴Medical Image Engineering, Korea University, Sejong, Korea, Republic of, ⁵GE Healthcare Korea, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, ⁶Korea Basic Science Institute, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea, Republic of, ⁷Corresponding Author, ohch@korea.ac.kr, Korea, Republic of

Ultrashort Echo-Time (UTE) imaging techniques can visualize short T₂* components (i.e., bone). Dual-echo UTE imaging was performed with hyperbolic tangent based R₂* model to separate the bone and soft tissue. This work demonstrated that cortical bone and bone marrow of skull are well separated with soft tissue using dual-echo UTE images. The proposed method can potentially be used for MR-only transcranial HIFU planning and PET attenuation correction.

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