2016_Imaging for Physicists

• Bloch’s equations expanded with relaxation components; M xy /T2* and (M z -M 0 )/T1 • May be shown that: Relaxation dynamics ) e1(M)t(M 1T/t 0 z    T1=300ms

    z,

1 T t

M63.0 M

z

T2*=100ms

*2T/t eM)t(M 



xy

0,xy

T2

T2*

xy,0 xy M37.0 M *2T t   