Combined Estimation of B1 and T1 for Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI by Accounting for Incomplete Spoiling of Transverse Magnetization.

Contrary to the common notion that B1 correction in the VFA method for T1 mapping should be performed separately, we show that combined estimation of B1 and T1 is feasible by the proposed method simply with the acquisition of 5 flip angles, as demonstrated on both phantom and in-vivo imaging data.