Christian Stehning1, Jrgen Rahmer1, Ulrike Blume2, Tobias Schaeffter2
1Philips Research Europe, Hamburg, Germany; 2Division of Imaging Science, King's College, London, UK
A magnetization preparation pulse sequence to obtain magnetic resonance images with strong T2* weighting is described. It overcomes the need to use sequences with long echo times (TE), which are inherently sensitive to flow artifacts.