Marcin Jankiewicz1,2, Jay Moore1,3,
Adam W. Anderson1,4, John C. Gore1,4
1Institute of Imaging Science,
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States; 2Department
of Radiology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States; 3Department
of Physics, Vanderbilt University; 4Department of Biomedical
Engineering, Vanderbilt University
The
soliton pulses represent a promising solution to the problem of designing T2*
selective preparation pulses. The pulses are characterized by a set of
complex parameters. Their interpretation is only partially understood in the
context of MRI. For example, some of them correspond to values of relaxation
times for which the magnetization vector will be nulled. A preliminary
analysis of the behavior of such pulses is presented here with the goal of demonstrating
the versatility of such pulses in producing a range of T2*
contrasts.
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