Sebastian Apprich1,
Vladimir Juras1, Oliver Bieri2, Stefan Zbn1,
Siegfried Trattnig1
1Department
of Radiology - MR Center of Excellence, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna,
Austria; 2Division of Radiological Physics, University of Basel
Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
A new multi-echo (me) spoiled gradient echo sequence (SPGR) with an variable echo time (vTE) scheme (me vTE-SPGR) enables quantitative MR imaging of tissues with very short T2 relaxation times such as the Achilles tendon (AT).