✦ LIBER ✦
An assessment of spin-echo rotating-frame imaging for spatially localized determination of short T2 relaxation times in vivo
✍ Scribed by Ruth M. Dixon; Dr. Peter Styles
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 305 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0740-3194
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
The rotating frame method of localized spectroscopy can be augmented by the inclusion of a refocusing pulse to enable the measurement of T~2~ relaxation times. This technique is particularly appropriate for determining short relaxation parameters due to the absence of time consuming switched B~0~ field gradients. We have evaluated the accuracy of this protocol by measuring localized T~2~s in the range of 1 to 20 ms. Preliminary data obtained from muscle and liver of normal and iron overloaded human subjects are also presented.