Research Article

Effect of Low Refocusing Angle in T1-Weighted Spin Echo and Fast Spin Echo MRI on Low-Contrast Detectability: A Comparative Phantom Study at 1.5 and 3 Tesla

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(a) Relative CNR at 1.5 T for spoke solution and plastic-embedded background solution using 180, and 120° refocusing pulses for SE and FSE with single or multislice imaging. (b) Relative CNR at 3 T for spoke solution and plastic-embedded background solution using 180 and 120° refocusing pulses for SE and FSE with single or multislice imaging.
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