MR ultrashort echo time sequence of cremated remains in ancient urns

Mislav Cavka; Anja Petaros; Gert Reiter; Sonia Nielles-Vallespin; Peter Speier; Boris Brkljacic; Giuseppe Guglielmi; Hrvoje Kalafatic

doi:10.1016/j.jofri.2015.03.004

MR ultrashort echo time sequence of cremated remains in ancient urns

Mislav Cavka, Anja Petaros, Gert Reiter, Sonia Nielles-Vallespin, Peter Speier, Boris Brkljacic, Giuseppe Guglielmi, Hrvoje Kalafatic

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Abstract

Paleoradiology plays an important role in archeology since its first implementation soon after discovery of X-rays. Computed tomography (CT) as a paleoradiological tool in studies of ancient cremation urns is described only in few articles. Clinical magnetic resonance (MR) has never been used in studying ancient cremation remains. We report the use of ultrashort echo time (UTE) MR sequence to three cremation urns from the Bronze age from Croatia. MR overcame the problem of the similar densities between soil and bones on the CT and clearly showed superior contrast resolution.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	117-119
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Forensic Radiology and Imaging
Volume	3
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jofri.2015.03.004
Publication status	Published - Jun 1 2015

Keywords

Ancient History
Cremains
Croatia
CT
Forensics
MR
Paleoradiology
UTE

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Pathology and Forensic Medicine

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