Slice‐selective, gradient‐crushed, transient‐state sequences such as those used in MR fingerprinting (MRF) relaxometry are sensitive to slice profile effects. Whereas balanced steady‐state free precession MRF profile effects have been studied,… Click to show full abstract
Slice‐selective, gradient‐crushed, transient‐state sequences such as those used in MR fingerprinting (MRF) relaxometry are sensitive to slice profile effects. Whereas balanced steady‐state free precession MRF profile effects have been studied, less attention has been given to gradient‐crushed MRF forms. Extensions of the extended phase graph (EPG) formalism, called slice‐selective EPG (ssEPG), are proposed that model slice profile effects.
               
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