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Progress and prospects of ultrashort echo time magnetic resonance imaging for pulmonary nodules
ZHANG Jingyu  XIONG Ziqi  LI Zhiyong 

Cite this article as: ZHANG J Y, XIONG Z Q, LI Z Y. Progress and prospects of ultrashort echo time magnetic resonance imaging for pulmonary nodules[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2023, 14(1): 183-188. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2023.01.034.


[Abstract] CT has been widely used for the early screening and follow-up management of pulmonary nodules. Ultrashort echo time (UTE) sequences, the most optimized MRI sequence available, have been progressively used in clinical studies of pulmonary nodules because of their absence of ionizing radiation, and are expected to be an alternative to CT lung examinations. In a controlled study of pulmonary nodules with chest CT, UTE MRI showed high ability to detect pulmonary nodules and consistent classification. The author mainly reviewed the clinical applications related to the detection ability and evaluation accuracy of UTE MRI for pulmonary nodules, as well as the development prospects of UTE MRI protocol optimization, UTE MRI combined with pathology control studies, radiomics and deep learning of UTE MRI.
[Keywords] ultrashort echo time series；magnetic resonance imaging；pulmonary nodule；lung neoplasms；imaging scheme optimization；radiomics；deep learning

ZHANG Jingyu   XIONG Ziqi   LI Zhiyong*  

Department of Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116011, China

Corresponding author: Li ZY, E-mail: zjy_lzy@126.com

Conflicts of interest   None.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Dalian Science and Technology Innovation Fund (No. 2022JJ13SN078).
Received  2022-03-28
Accepted  2022-12-12
DOI: 10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2023.01.034
Cite this article as: ZHANG J Y, XIONG Z Q, LI Z Y. Progress and prospects of ultrashort echo time magnetic resonance imaging for pulmonary nodules[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2023, 14(1): 183-188. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2023.01.034.

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