Principles, Techniques, and Applications of T2*-based MR Imaging and Its Special Applications

Abstract
T2* relaxation is one of the main determinants of image contrast with gradient-echo MR sequences and forms the basis for many T2*-based applications, such as susceptibility-weighted imaging, perfus... T2* relaxation refers to decay of transverse magnetization caused by a combination of spin-spin relaxation and magnetic field inhomogeneity. T2* relaxation is seen only with gradient-echo (GRE) ima...