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Steady-state preparation for spoiled gradient echo imaging

✍ Scribed by Reed F. Busse; Stephen J. Riederer

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2001
Tongue
English
Weight
376 KB
Volume
45
Category
Article
ISSN
0740-3194

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Abstract

While spoiled gradient echo sequences provide a rapid means of acquiring T~1~‐weighted images, it is often desirable that the magnetization be in the steady state to avoid artifacts. For some applications, this requires many “dummy” repetitions of the pulse sequence prior to data collection, delaying image acquisition. A method is presented in which a saturation pulse, followed by a prescribed recovery period, places longitudinal magnetization levels of all materials near steady state, ready for data acquisition much sooner than when employing only dummy repetitions to achieve steady state. Effects of transverse coherences are studied using configuration theory. The method is shown to be effective in both phantom studies and in vivo applications, including real‐time imaging, multiphase cardiac imaging, and triggered contrast‐enhanced angiography. Magn Reson Med 45:653–661, 2001. © 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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