Universitatsspital Basel

Rahel Heule

Oliver Bieri

A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) method for the quantification of the longitudinal (T) and/or transverse (T) relaxation times in a sample. According to the MRI method, a sample is subjected to an unbalanced steady state free precession (SSFP) sequence comprising a series of consecutive radiofrequency (RF) pulses. By means of the unbalanced SSFP sequence, a first order SSFP FID signal (F), a lowest order SSFP FID signal (F), and a lowest order SSFP Echo signal (F) are acquired. Based on the F-signal, the F-signal and the F-signal, the longitudinal (T) and/or transverse (T) relaxation times of the sample are determined.

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Rahel Heule