title: Feasibility of ultrashort TE (UTE) imaging of children at 1.5 T.
abstract: Ultrashort TE (UTE) is a relatively new MRI technique that allows for the visualization of tissue structures with short T2 components that show little or no signal on all conventional MR imaging sequences. This technique, to the best of our knowledge, has been described only in adults and uses a half excitation pulse and radial k-space data acquisition to produce echo times of less than 100 microseconds with no need for additional hardware modifications. We describe the feasibility of using a 2-D UTE sequence in vivo on a routine 1.5 T clinical MR scanner to depict various musculoskeletal structures in children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Ave., Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA.
authors.forename: Suraj D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Serai
authors.forename: Tal
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Laor
authors.forename: Jerry R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Dwek
authors.forename: Andrew M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Zbojniewicz
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carl
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000465:Algorithms; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D007596:Joints / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
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