Abstract
A method for the volume-and resonance line-selective determination of the longitudinal relaxation time in the rotating frame, T, is described. The spin-lock pulse intrinsic to the T sequence simultaneously replaces the first slice-selective pulse of the VOSY method for localized spectroscopy. This is a further parameter suitable for the local characterization of tissue. On the same basis, T, can be used as a new contrast parameter for biomedical imaging purposes. An appropriate pulse sequence for T imaging is presented. Test experiments which promise some striking advantages compared with conventional magnetic resonance imaging are reported. © 1989 Academic Press, Inc.