Abstract #1665
Quantitative MR imaging method: All of the main MR parameters can be obtained in little more than a single scan
Bruno Madore 1 , W. Scott Hoge 1 , Tai-Hsin Kuo 2 , and Cheng-Chieh Cheng 1
1
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard
Medical School, Boston, MA, United States,
2
Philips
Healthcare, Taipei, Taiwan
The present method aims to obtain in little more than a
single scan all of the main physical MR parameters: T1,
T2, T2*, M0, B0 and B1. In principle at least, based on
these maps one could generate images of essentially any
desired contrast, through well-known signal equations.
The approach treats the flip angle as a parameter to be
evaluated rather than a known quantity, and all
parameters are calculated one at a time and/or through
linear equations, as opposed to numerically solving
larger and non-linear systems of equations. The method
was validated on phantom data, with in vivo results
forthcoming.
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