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Bo Dependence of the On-Resonance Longitudinal Relaxation Time in the Rotating Frame (T) in Protein Phantoms and Rat Brain in Vivo

  • Heidi I. Mäkelä
  • , Enrico De Vita
  • , Olli H.J. Gröhn
  • , Mikko I. Kettunen
  • , Martin Kavec
  • , Mark Lythgoe
  • , Michael Garwood
  • , Roger Ordidge
  • , Risto A. Kauppinen

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Abstract

On-resonance longitudinal relaxation time in the rotating frame (T ) has been shown to provide unique information during the early minutes of acute stroke. In the present study, the contributions of the different relaxation mechanisms to on-resonance (T), relaxation were assessed by determining relaxation rates (R) in both protein phantoms and in rat brain at 2.35, 4.7, and 9.4 T. Similar to transverse relaxation rate (R2), R increased substantially with increasing magnetic field strength (Bo). The Bo dependence was more pronounced at weak spin-lock fields. In contrast to R, longitudinal relaxation rate (R1) decreased as a function of increasing Bo field. The present data argue that dipole-dipole interaction forms only one pathway for T , relaxation and the contributions from other physicochemical factors need to be considered.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)4-8
Number of pages5
JournalMagnetic resonance in medicine
Volume51
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2004

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Keywords

  • Brain
  • Dipole-dipole interaction
  • Relaxation
  • T

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