3D Ultrashort Echo Time (UTE) Imaging in the Brain at 7T
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Introduction: Ultrashort echo time (UTE) imaging offers advantages in being able to directly image tissues with T2 values less than a few milliseconds, such as tendons and cortical bone [1]. In the brain, short-T2 components are present in white matter [2] believed to be associated with myelin – as well as in connective tissues and calcifications, and these are known to be altered in neurodegenerative diseases and other neurological pathologies.
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تاریخ انتشار 2009