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Quantitative Interpretation of Magnetization Transfer in Spoiled Gradient Echo MRI Sequences

✍ Scribed by John G Sled; G.Bruce Pike

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2000
Tongue
English
Weight
257 KB
Volume
145
Category
Article
ISSN
1090-7807

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✦ Synopsis

A method for analyzing general pulsed magnetization transfer (MT) experiments in which off-resonance saturation pulses are interleaved with on-resonance excitation pulses is presented. We apply this method to develop a steady-state signal equation for MTweighted spoiled gradient echo sequences and consider approximations that facilitate its rapid computation. Using this equation, we assess various experimental designs for quantitatively imaging the fractional size of the restricted pool, cross-relaxation rate, and T 1 and T 2 relaxation times of the two pools in a binary spin bath system. From experiments on agar gel, this method is shown to reliably and accurately estimate the exchange and relaxation properties of a material in an imaging context, suggesting the feasibility of using this technique in vivo.

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