An efficient 3D stack-of-stars turbo spin echo pulse sequence for simultaneous T2-weighted imaging and T2 mapping.
Mahesh Bharath KeerthivasanManojkumar SaranathanKevin JohnsonZhiyang FuCraig C WeinkaufDiego R MartinAli BilginMaria I AltbachPublished in: Magnetic resonance in medicine (2019)
The proposed stack-of-stars turbo spin echo pulse sequence with pseudorandom view ordering and variable refocusing flip angles allows high resolution isotropic T2 mapping in clinically acceptable scan times. The optimization framework for the selection of refocusing flip angles improves T2 estimation accuracy while generating T2-weighted contrast comparable to conventional Cartesian imaging.
Keyphrases
- high resolution
- magnetic resonance
- contrast enhanced
- diffusion weighted
- computed tomography
- mass spectrometry
- blood pressure
- room temperature
- magnetic resonance imaging
- diffusion weighted imaging
- single molecule
- density functional theory
- high speed
- network analysis
- tandem mass spectrometry
- amino acid
- transition metal
- dual energy