Abstract #1020

Ultrashort Echo Time Magnetization Transfer Ratio (UTE-MTR) Measurements of Paraspinal Muscles Correlate Well with Lumbar Disc Herniation

Jia-Xin Feng¹, Jin Liu¹, Jian-Wei Liao¹, Wei Li¹, Xiao-Jun Chen¹, Lin Yao¹, Pan-Hui Huang¹, Long Qian², Ya-Jun Ma³, and Shao-Lin Li¹

¹Department of Radiology, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, China, ²MR Research, GE Healthcare, Beijing, China, ³Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States

Synopsis

Ultrashort echo time magnetization transfer (UTE-MT) is suggested to a non-invasive technique to assess collagenous matrix indirectly. In this study, we utilized UTE-MT sequence to investigate the relationship between UTE-MT ratio (UTE-MTR) measurements of paraspinal muscles and disc herniation in patients with disc degeneration. We found that the UTE-MTR showed a good performance in differentiation of patients with and without disc herniation, thus potentially valuable in predicting disc termination.

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