کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
---|---|---|---|---|
1807690 | 1025277 | 2007 | 5 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |

There are certain instances in practical magnetic resonance imaging where T1 changes by a small amount relative to a neighboring pixel or between scans for a given pixel. The source of these small changes in T1 can be caused either by changes in tissue water content or by the uptake of a contrast agent. For short repetition time (TR) spoiled gradient echo imaging, we show that a robust and a simple, easy to use back-of-the-envelope expression for the flip angle that optimizes contrast under these conditions is given by √3θE in radians or (180/π)√6TR/T1 in degrees. We show that for a TR/T1 ratio of up to 0.3 and for a T1 change of up to ±50%, this approximation to the optimal flip angle produces a contrast to within 6% of the theoretical maximum value and that these predictions are in good agreement with experiment.
Journal: Magnetic Resonance Imaging - Volume 25, Issue 10, December 2007, Pages 1397–1401