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High-resolution head and C-spine MRI using a Zero-TE (ZTE) sequence at 3T
Aiming Lu1, Carrie M Carr1, Norbert G Campeau1, Steven A Messina1, and David F Kallmes1
1Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States
With optimized acquisition protocol and advanced image processing,  this work demonstrated that high quality images of the human skull and cervical spine could be obtained on a clinical 3T scanner in about 6 minutes from a single ZTE MRI acquisition.
Representative “bright-bone” ZTE MRI images of the skull and C-spine. Upper row: reformatted axial, sagittal and coronal images. Lower row: volume-rendered images.