We investigated the feasibility of using an ultrashort echo time (UTE) technique for DCE MRI imaging of prostate cancer patients at 7T to minimize the impact of the increased R2* relaxivity on signal enhancement curves and pharmacokinetic parameter assessment. The Gd concentration-time curves and pharmacokinetic parameter maps were compared to clinical DCE MRI at 3T. The proposed method achieved DCE MRI at 7T with a signal time course comparable to 3T DCE MRI but with increased SNR for improved spatial resolution and no R2* effects, which are exacerbated with increasing field.
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