MRI - Spin echo and gradient echo

4 important questions on MRI - Spin echo and gradient echo

After how much time do you place the 180 degree RF pulse?

Halve of the TE time.

What happens when you add a pulse long enough that is will cause a 180 degree pulse? (3)

  • The nuclei become in a higher energy state (anti paralel)
  • You can compensate for field inhomogeneities.
  • The order of spins with higher and lower frequencies is reversed

What is the difference between a gradient echo and a spin echo?(5)

  • The gradient echo uses a dephasing and readout gradient to get all the nulei in phase again
  • The spin echo uses a 180 degree pulse
  • You can echo faster with a gradient echo.
  • The repetition time is much shorter in gradient echo
  • High quality pictures in gradient echo
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What happens with gradient echo?

  1. Dephasing gradient; allow some spins to spin faster and some slower
  2. Gradient at the opposite direction; twice the amount of time: so now it is the other way around, some spins go slower and some faster.
  3. You echo at the time of the second opposite gradient
  4. Your signal is similar to your free induction decay.

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