title: Saving transverse magnetization.
abstract: A magnetization storage sequence, ALT-1 (alternating longitudinal and transverse components), is reported. The ALT-1 sequence is a hybrid of two types of storage sequences, the Carr-Purcell type and store-and-restore sequences. During incremental storage periods within the ALT-1 sequence, essentially half of the initially transverse magnetization is stored along the z-axis and the other half is prolonged by an echo-generating pulse. The portions of initial magnetization that are stored as longitudinal components or transverse components are alternated by a pi/2 pulse during the cycle. Both transverse components of the initial magnetization are treated the same in the ALT-1 sequence and orientational (phase) information of the initial magnetization is kept during the storage period. The ALT-1 sequence can preserve magnetization more effectively than a published class of modified Carr-Purcell type sequences, because essentially half of the magnetization during incremental storage periods is not subjected to relaxation from T2 effects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA.
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Joseph A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Diverdi
authors.forename: Rebecca A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Faulkner
authors.forename: Gary E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Maciel
mesh_terms: D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008280:Magnetics; D009038:Motion