Fast-spin-echo versus rapid gradient-echo for 3D magnetization-prepared acquisitions: Application to inhomogeneous magnetization transfer.

Manuel TasoFanny MunschOlivier M GirardGuillaume DuhamelDavid C AlsopGopal Varma

Published in: Magnetic resonance in medicine (2022)

FSE generally offers higher SNR compared to gradient-echo based acquisitions for magnetization-prepared contrasts as illustrated here in the case of ihMT. However, physiological noise has a significant effect, but an inversion-recovery-based CSF suppression was shown to be efficient in mitigating effects of CSF motion.

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