Measuring T 2 and T 1, and imaging T 2 without spin echoes

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 214, Issue , 2012, Pages 273-280

  Wang, G ^a,b   El Sharkawy, A M ^a   Edelstein, W A ^a   Schar M ^a,c   Bottomley, P A ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiabatic pulses; Measurement; MRI; Spin lattice relaxation; Spin spin relaxation; T 1; T 2

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC PULSES; SPIN LATTICES; SPIN-SPIN RELAXATION; T 1; T 2;

MEASUREMENTS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SPIN LABELING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; SPIN LABELS;

EID: 84855667502     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2011.11.016     Document Type: Article

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