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Current state-of-the-art of MRI zero echo time technique
DOU Han  WANG Xiaoming 

Cite this article as: Dou H, Wang XM. Current state-of-the-art of MRI zero echo time technique[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2022, 13(2): 167-170. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.02.042.


[Abstract] Zero echo time (ZTE) technology is a 3D volumetric imaging sequence, with unique gradient system switching sequence and radial K-space sampling, spatial encoding can be carried out immediately after radiofrequency excitation, which achieves higher data acquisition efficiency. Clinical studies mainly focus on cerebrovascular imaging, depiction of pulmonary parenchymal structure and lesion details, measurement and evaluation of bone and joint structures. In this paper, the main clinical application progress of ZTE in the above aspects was systematically analyzed and reviewed.
[Keywords] zero echo time；magnetic resonance imaging；three-dimensional imaging；central nervous system；thoracic imaging；clinical applications

DOU Han   WANG Xiaoming*  

Department of Radiology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110000, China

WANG XM, E-mail: wangxm024@163.com

Conflicts of interest   None.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81871408, 81271631); National Science Foundation for Young Scientists of China (No. 81801658); Outstanding Scientific Fund of Shengjing Hospital (No. 201402).
Received  2021-09-15
Accepted  2022-01-30
DOI: 10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.02.042
Cite this article as: Dou H, Wang XM. Current state-of-the-art of MRI zero echo time technique[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2022, 13(2): 167-170. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.02.042.

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