Frequency dependence of MR relaxation times I. Paramagnetic ions

✍ Scribed by Josef Vymazal; Jeff W. M. Bulte; Joseph A. Frank; Giovanni Di Chiro; Rodney A. Brooks

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 424 KB
• Volume: 3
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1053-1807
• DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880030413

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

T1 and T2 of paramagnetic ions in free and chelated form were measured over the range of clinical magnetic resonance imaging field strengths (0.02‐1.5 T). T1 values agreed with published data; however, to our knowledge, the field dependence of T2 has not been systematically studied before. Mn^2+^, Cr^3+^, and Fe^3+^ all showed T2 reduction at high field strengths, although reduction due to Fe^3+^ was minimal. This is believed to be due to “contact” interactions, which have been previously noted for manganese. No such T2 reduction was seen in the chelates, except that dysprosium chelate (but not free ion) showed an anomalous decrease in T2 at high field strengths, which may possibly be explained by a dephasing effect caused by the large magnetic moment of Dy^3+^.