Figure 1
From: Quantitative free-breathing 3T T2-mapping of the heart designed for longitudinal studies
Single pixel T2-mapping in a simulation and phantom scan. A) Simulated magnetization (black dots) for myocardium with input T2=45ms at the T2prep times (60, 30 and 0ms) and fitted curves with the standard (dashed line) and new, empirical (whole line) equation. The new equation leads to more accurate T2 computations. B) Similar results are obtained in a pixel in a T2map of a phantom where the T2 was determined to be 45ms with a 9-TE spin echo scan.