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T1 weighted: T1: Measuring spin–lattice relaxation by using a short repetition time (TR) and echo time (TE). Lower signal for more water content, [1] as in edema, tumor, infarction, inflammation, infection, hyperacute or chronic hemorrhage. [2] High signal for fat [1] [2] High signal for paramagnetic substances, such as MRI contrast agents [2]
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a medical imaging technique used in radiology to generate pictures of the anatomy and the physiological processes inside the body. MRI scanners use strong magnetic fields , magnetic field gradients, and radio waves to form images of the organs in the body.
Inversion recovery is a magnetic resonance imaging sequence that provides high contrast between tissue and lesion. It can be used to provide high T1 weighted image, high T2 weighted image, and to suppress the signals from fat , blood , or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).
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Modern 3 Tesla clinical MRI scanner.. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a medical imaging technique mostly used in radiology and nuclear medicine in order to investigate the anatomy and physiology of the body, and to detect pathologies including tumors, inflammation, neurological conditions such as stroke, disorders of muscles and joints, and abnormalities in the heart and blood vessels ...
T 2 *-weighted sequences are very useful for evaluation of articular cartilages and ligaments because a relatively long T 2 * makes the articular cartilage becomes more hyperintense, while bone becomes hypointense. [2] T 2 *-weighted sequences can be used with MRI contrast, mainly ferucarbotran or superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO), to depict ...
A variant of diffusion weighted imaging, diffusion spectrum imaging (DSI), [4] was used in deriving the Connectome data sets; DSI is a variant of diffusion-weighted imaging that is sensitive to intra-voxel heterogeneities in diffusion directions caused by crossing fiber tracts and thus allows more accurate mapping of axonal trajectories than ...
Fast low angle shot magnetic resonance imaging (FLASH MRI) is a particular sequence of magnetic resonance imaging. It is a gradient echo sequence which combines a low-flip angle radio-frequency excitation of the nuclear magnetic resonance signal (recorded as a spatially encoded gradient echo) with a short repetition time .