Fig. 1. A schematic diagram of the 3D MT-GRE sequence. The sequence consists of an MT module and a 3D GRE imaging module. In the MT module, a spoiler gradient (black) is added following the Gaussian RF pulse (green) to spoil residual transverse magnetization. In the GRE module, a strong spoiler gradient (black) is applied to eliminate the residual transverse magnetization after all echoes are collected. α, flip angle for GRE imaging module; TR, repetition time; TE1, the first echo time; ΔTE, echo spacing
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