Comparison of T1ρ imaging between rapid acquisition with relaxation enhancement (RARE) and ultrashort TE (UTE) sequence of rat liver at 11.7T MRI
Qianfeng Wang1, Hong Xiao2, Xuchen Yu1, He Wang1,3, and Fuhua Yan2
1Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, 2Department of Radiology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, 3Human Phenome Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, Shanghai, China
This study shows that the quantitative UTE-R1ρ has a better correlation with LIC than RARE-R1ρ.
Figure 3, Correlations (Spearman) between R1ρ and LIC for RARE-R1ρ (a) and UTE-R1ρ (b).
Figure 2, Comparison of mean values of RARE-R1ρ and UTE-R1ρ. Error bar indicate the standard deviation.