552-02-013 / 552-02-013 ISMRM Abstract

Quantitative Imaging of Ultrashort T2 Components in the Brain using Multiple Echo Times bSSFP UTE MRI

Primary: Neuro - White Matter

Secondary: Acquisition & Reconstruction - Quantitative Imaging: head and neck

552-02-013 · Quantitative Imaging: Relaxometry, Multiparametric, MR Fingerprinting, and Synthetic MRI · Wednesday, 13 May, 1:40 PM–3:16 PM · Power Pitch Theatre 2

Keywords: White Matter Balanced steady-state free precession (bSSFP) Myelin proton fraction Ultra short TE Rosette

Accepted

Xin Shen ^1,2, uzay emir^3,4,5,6, Peder Larson⁷, Jiang Du^1,8,9,10,11

¹Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, United States of America

²Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University Of California, San Francisco (UCSF), United States of America

³University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, United States of America

⁴Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, United States of America

⁵Lampe Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, United States of America

⁶Biomedical Research Imaging Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, United States of America

⁷Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University Of California, San Francisco (UCSF), United States of America

⁸University of California, Berkeley, United States of America

⁹Radiology Service, VA San Diego Healthcare System, La Jolla, California, San Diego, United States of America

¹⁰Shu Chien-Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, United States of America

¹¹University of California, San Diego, United States of America

Presenting Author: Xin Shen

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