In many areas of life, measurements are made to describe the world. Any method that…
Producing a Custom T1 and T2 Phantom
To develop quantitative MRI methods we need to test the methods on test objects, otherwise…
Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting (MRF)
Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting (MRF) [Ma2013] is a quantitative technique with potential to improve the feasibility…
Educational Talk on ‘Relaxometry’, by Emil Ljungberg (22nd September 2023, BIC-ISMRM)
The British and Irish Chapter of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (BIC-ISMRM)…
Implementing a Variable Echo Time Method for Reference T2 Mapping
For my PhD thesis [Allen2019], we produced a custom phantom for evaluating quantitative MRI pulse…
BIC-ISMRM 2023: Annual Scientific Meeting of the British & Irish Chapter of the ISMRM
The International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) has a British and Irish Chapter…
T2 Introduction
Post modified on: This post considers T2, the time constant that defines the relaxation rate…
T1 Introduction
At thermal equilibrium, the transverse magnetisation component (Mxy) is zero and the longitudinal magnetisation component…
Proton Density and Water Content
The term Proton Density (PD) refers to the concentration of proton spins that contribute to…
Quantitative MRI: An Introduction
Qualitative or quantitative? Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a useful tool for non-invasive clinical diagnosis…