In-room imaging and MR planning

T1 relaxation

• Spin-lattice or longitudinal relaxation • Restoring longitudinal magnetization after RF excitation • T1 – Time until 63% of the initial magnetization M0 is restored

Adipose tissue – 240ms Spinal fluid – 4300ms Gray matter – 980ms White matter – 780ms Muscles – 880ms

1 − − ൗ 1

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0

980ms