Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
668-04-011 ISMRM Abstract

Optimized 3D UTE MRI for Integrated, Radiation-Free Imaging of Lung, Rib Cage, and Spine

Primary: Body
Secondary: Acquisition & Reconstruction
668-04-011 · Pulse Sequences: Design and Optimization · Thursday, 14 May, 2:35 PM–3:30 PM · Digital Posters Row I
Keywords: Lung MRI Bone imaging
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Jiaji Wang1,2, Michael Carl3, Jiayang Wu4,5, James Lo5,6, Xing Lu1, Jiang Du5,6,7, Jonathan H Chung5, Yajun Ma5
1University of California, San Diego, United States of America
2Department of Radiology, Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai, China
3MR Clinical Solutions, GE HealthCare, San Ramon, United States of America
4Medical Imaging Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
5Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, United States of America
6Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, United States of America
7Radiology Service, VA San Diego Healthcare System, La Jolla, California, San Diego, United States of America
Presenting Author: Soo Hyun Shin

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