A rephasing or refocusing occurs when spins return to the same starting phase they had directly after the initial exciting RF pulse. E.g. spin echo sequences use 180° pulses to refocus the spins to generate signal echoes and gradient echo sequences use a refocusing gradient to maximize remaining transverse magnetization.

System for actively cooling structures in a superconducting magnet. If only cryoshields are cooled (two-stage refrigerator), no liquid nitrogen will be needed and He boil off will be reduced. If additionally the superconducting coil support is actively cooled (three-stage refrigerator) the He-consumption can be essentially reduced to zero.

See also Boil off Rate.

(ROI) Keyboard controlled identification of a given area of an image for numerical analysis and the area of anatomy being scanned that is of particular importance in the image. This area can also be a volume, than called (VOI) volume of interest.

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The relaxation effect is the transition of an atom or molecule from a higher energy level to a lower one. The return of the excited proton from the high energy to the low energy level is associated with the loss of energy to the surrounding tissue. The T1 and T2 relaxation times define the way that the protons return to their resting levels after the initial radio frequency (RF) pulse. The T1 and T2 relaxation rates have an effect of the signal to noise ratio (SNR) of MR images.
The relaxation process is a result of both T1 and T2, and can be controlled by the dependency of one of the two biological parameters T1 and T2 in the recorded signal. A T1 weighted spin echo sequence is based on a short repetition time (TR) and a change of it will affect the acquisition time and the T1 weighting of the image. Increased TR results in improved SNR caused by longer recovering time for the longitudinal magnetization. Increased TE improves the T2 weighting, combined with a long TR (of several T1 times) to minimize the T1 effect.