title: Inversion-recovery echo-planar imaging (IR-EPI) at 0.5 T.
abstract: Echo-planar imaging is used in combination with a spin preparation phase to produce a T1-weighted image. The small additional time penalty in this procedure does not detract significantly from the ultrahigh-speed imaging capability of EPI, allowing a rapid real-time optimization of tissue parameters in the image display. Results obtained on a head demonstrate this technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Nottingham, England.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Stehling
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Ordidge
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Coxon
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mansfield
mesh_terms: D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D006257:Head / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors