Ravi Teja Seethamraju1, Vladimir Jellus2, Timothy Hughes3, Mukesh G. Harisinghani4,5, Alexander Guimaraes4,5
1MR R&D, Siemens Medical Solutions, Charlestown, MA, USA; 2Siemens AG., Erlangen, Germany; 3Siemens AG, Erlangen, Germany; 4Center for Molecular Imaging Research, Boston, MA, USA; 5Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Though T2 mapping is desirable in many clinical applications it is not preferred due to the long acquisition times associated with the conventional Spin Echo (SE) sequence. Turbo or fast SE sequences though considerably faster than spin echo are not suitable for T2 mapping due to the stimulated echoes associated with them. Here we present an alternative technique based on DESS (Double echo steady state) to produce T2 maps.