The estimation of T2 relaxation times within lesions can provide a quantitative method of classifying abdominal neoplasms. Accelerated T2 mapping approaches have been proposed using the Radial TSE (RADTSE) sequence, where high resolution images at multiple TEs are reconstructed from data acquired in a single breath hold. However, the slice coverage for TSE based breath-held imaging is SAR restricted, motivating the need to reduce the refocusing flip angle. We present a variable refocusing flip angle RADTSE sequence designed to optimize the signal evolution for T2 mapping in the abdomen with reduced SAR, thereby increasing the slice coverage.
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