Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Tomography of the Central Nervous System

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Abstract
A brief description of a NMR imaging system and preliminary results from its clinical evaluation in the study of various [human] CNS diseases are presented. Particular attention is paid to NMR capabilities for soft tissue discrimination, topographical demarcation and specificity of diagnosis. Two imaging sequences were used: Spin echo measurements with 4 sets of imaging parameters revealed the different appearances of normal and pathological structures. Inversion recovery images showed marked gray-white matter contrast and clear depiction of pathological lesions. A number of measurements of longitudinal (T1) and transverse (T2) relaxation times of normal and pathological tissues were carried out.