Magnetic resonance in medicine : official journal of the Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
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To measure the transverse relaxation time T2* in healthy human cervical spinal cord gray matter (GM) and white matter (WM) at 3T. ⋯ Significant differences in T2* are observed between ventral and dorsal GM, ventral and dorsal WM, and superior and inferior GM and WM. There is no evidence for bilateral asymmetry in T2* in the healthy cord. These values of T2* in the spinal cord are notably lower than most reported values of T2* in the cortex.
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To achieve 3D T2 w imaging of the prostate with 1-mm isotropic resolution in less than 3 min. ⋯ 3D T2 w images of the prostate with 1-mm isotropic resolution can be acquired in less than 3 min, with image quality that is comparable to a clinical standard 3D TSE sequence but only takes a third of the acquisition time.