Mono-Exponential Fitting in T2-Relaxometry: Relevance of Offset and First Echo.

T2 relaxometry has become an important tool in quantitative MRI. Little focus has been put on the effect of the refocusing flip angle upon the offset parameter, which was introduced to account for a signal floor due to noise or to long T2 components. The aim of this study was to show that B1 imperfe...

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Main Authors: David Milford, Nicolas Rosbach, Martin Bendszus, Sabine Heiland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4683054?pdf=render