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Abstract #0527

Simultaneous assessment of vertebral fractures and edema of the thoracolumbar spine on water-fat and SW images derived from a single-TE UTE scan

Sophia Kronthaler1, Christof Boehm1, Peter Börnert2, Ulrich Katscher2, Kilian Weiss3, Marcus R. Makowski1, Benedikt J. Schwaiger1, Alexandra S. Gersing1, and Dimitrios C. Karampinos1
1Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany, 2Philips Research Laboratory, Hamburg, Germany, 3Philips Healthcare, Hamburg, Germany

CT and MR imaging are often both performed in patients with vertebral fractures or degenerative changes, with CT aiming at the characterization of osseous changes and the MR focusing on bone marrow edema. CT is associated with radiation exposure and therefore it is desirable to assess both soft-tissue and osseous components in one MR examination. The present work develops a methodology for simultaneously extracting susceptibility weighted imaging (SWI) and single point Dixon imaging based on a single-TE ultrashort echo time (UTE) scan to simultaneously assess vertebral fractures and degenerative bone changes in the thoracolumbar spine with a single MR sequence.

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