Sam Shelly
Sun. 2 Nov.08,
23:02
[Reply (2 of 3) to:
'Regarding recovery and decay [basic phycisc]'
started by: 'harry sanders'
on Sat. 7 Jun.08]
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Basics and Physics
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| Regarding recovery and decay [basic phycisc] |
Right on.
Recovery and delay are two separate physical processes like the last guy said. It had me stumped for a while when I was studying as well. But read carefully and think hard about it...
T1 recovery is the return of net magnetization into alignment with b0.
T2 decay is a totally different process and is, as the previous person said, simply loss of net magnetization in the transverse plain due to dephasing. The more electrons that are precessing in phase in the transverse plane, the stronger the NMV is in that plane. And, hence forth, when the RF pulse terminates, the influence of b0 gradually dephases the electrons in the transverse plane. As they dephase, the transverse NMV decreases accordingly, until the next pulse hits, rephasing the electrons and starting the process all over.
Hope that helps. MRI physics is hairy and boring at times. Load up on expressos to stay awake and stick with it, because studying MRI physics can be like taking a bottle of sleeping pills.
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