Quantitative analysis of NMR spectroscopic imaging.
A quantitative analysis of recovery curves derived from a series of standard and spectroscopic images is presented. Inversion recovery sequences were modified to produce difference (W-F) images of a water and fat phantom. Adding and subtracting these data from those obtained from standard inversion recovery images resulted in separate recovery curves for the fat and water fractions of emulsions making up the phantom. The procedure yielded consistent reproducible values of longitudinal relaxation times for the constituents of the emulsions.
D004655:Emulsions; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods; D008954:Models, Biological
D004655:Emulsions