title: MR pulse sequences for selective relaxation time measurements: a phantom study.
abstract: The accuracy of relaxation time measurements of spectroscopic inversion recovery and CPMG multi-echo pulse sequences together with ISIS and stimulated echo-pulse methods have been tested on a reference phantom (test object no. 5, of the EEC Concerted Research Project). For the measurements a Siemens Magnetom wholebody magnetic resonance scanner operating at 1.5 Tesla was used. For comparison six imaging pulse sequences for relaxation time measurements were tested on the same phantom. The spectroscopic pulse sequences all had an accuracy better than 10% of the reference values.
authors.affiliation: Department of Magnetic Resonance, Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thomsen
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Olsen
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Henriksen
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008961:Models, Structural; D013997:Time Factors