Optimized inversion‐time schedules for quantitative T1 measurements based on high‐resolution multi‐inversion EPI

• Published in: Magnetic resonance in medicine Vol. 79; no. 4; pp. 2101 - 2112
• Main Authors: Cohen, Ouri, Polimeni, Jonathan R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.04.2018
• Subjects: Auditory discrimination; Coefficient of variation; EPI; In vivo methods and tests; Magnetic resonance; Mapping; Medicine; MR fingerprinting; MR relaxation; Recovery; Schedules; T1 mapping

Purpose Demonstrate an optimized multi‐inversion echo‐planar imaging technique to accelerate quantitative T1 mapping by judicious selection of inversion times for each slice. Methods Slice ordering is optimized to maximize discrimination between tissues with different T1 values. The optimized slice...