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Lumbar spine imaged with conventional T2-weighted FSE sequence (A) and UTE subtraction image (B) generated from 10 μs TE minus 10 ms TE. Short T2* components are directly visible in the anterior longitudinal ligament (arrow), outer annulus fibrosus (dashed arrow), and cartilaginous endplate (arrowheads) on UTE subtraction image, but not on the conventional image. Images courtesy of Won C. Bae, PhD.
