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Magnetic resonance imaging method for the quantification of the T1 and/or T2 relaxation times in a sample

  • US 9,625,547 B2
  • Filed: 03/28/2013
  • Issued: 04/18/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) method for the quantification of a longitudinal relaxation time T1 and/or a transverse relaxation time T2 in a sample, comprising at least the following steps:

  • subjecting a sample to an unbalanced steady state free precession (SSFP) sequence comprising a series of consecutive radiofrequency (RF) pulses;

    acquiring a first order SSFP FID signal F1;

    acquiring a lowest order SSFP FID signal F0;

    acquiring a lowest order SSFP Echo signal F

    1
    ; and

    determining a longitudinal relaxation time T1 and/or a transverse relaxation time T2 of the sample based on the F0-signal, the F1-signal and the F

    1
    -signal.

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