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Abstract #3290

Optimal Weighting Factors of the Weighted Subtraction in the Three-Dimensional Ultrashort Echo Time Imaging of the Short T2 Contrast Tissue in the Knee

Young Han Lee1, Ho-Taek Song1, Jin-suck Suh1, Vladimir Jellus2

1Radiology, Severance hospital, Yonsei Univ. College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of; 2Siemens AG, Healthcare Sector, Erlangen, Germany

The 3D UTE provides imaging of short T2 tissues which cannot be visualized on the conventional MR.

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