In-room imaging and MR planning

• 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 T1=300ms

=

z

0

1 T t

 =  = z,

M63.0 M

z

T2*=100ms

*2T/t eM)t(M −

=

xy

xy

0,

T2

T2*

xy,0 xy M37.0 M *2T t =  =