Simultaneous Short T2 Excitation and Long T2 Suppression RF Pulses

Michael Carl¹, Mark Bydder², Eric Han¹, Graeme Bydder²

We present a specialized RF technique based on applying a 180 RF excitation pulse that can achieve short T2 tissue excitation and long T2 tissue suppression simultaneously, which may open the possibility for direct excitation of only short T2 tissues, in place of additional separate long T2 suppression techniques. We optimized the RF pulse parameters and experimentally tested the sequence.