Compensation of Diffusion Effects in T2 Measurements |
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| Authors: | Ralf Deichmann,Holger Adolf,Erwin Kuchenbrod,Ulrike N th,Christian Schwarzbauer,Axel Haase |
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| Affiliation: | Ralf Deichmann,Holger Adolf,Erwin Kuchenbrod,Ulrike Nöth,Christian Schwarzbauer,Axel Haase |
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| Abstract: | Measurements of the transverse relaxation time T2 are usually conducted with the Carr Purcell Meiboom Gill (CPMG) pulse sequence, which causes T2-weighted magnetization. Diffusion effects are a common source of error in measurements of this kind, because the incoherent motion of spins in external magnetic field gradients distorts T2 weighting of the transverse magnetization. As a result, inaccurate T2-values are obtained. In this work, we present a method which completely compensates for the effect of diffusion. |
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| Keywords: | MR imaging (MRI) spin-spin relaxation (T2) diffusion Carr Purcell Meiboom Gill (CPMG) |
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