MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD USING T2* MAPPING BASED ON ECHO PLANAR IMAGING

摘要

A flipped fitting method that performs a flipped curve fitting on a maximum of 256 MRI images obtained at different echo times using an EPI image which obtains a plurality of MRI images at a plurality of different echo times within a TR period after application of an excitation RF pulse. Then, T2* values are fitted based on a sufficient amount of acquired TE images, such that it is possible to provide much more accurate T2* values than these provided by underestimated or overestimated fitting by the existing method which is based on only 12 images and to obtain rapid and accurate data without nerve stimulation or acoustic noise. Further, the flipped fitting method is more suitable and accurate for showing the real T2* values.