Relaxation time mapping of short T*2 nuclei with single-point imaging (SPI) methods.

New techniques for quantitative mapping of T1, T2, and T*2 are proposed, based on the single-point imaging (SPI) method, for materials with short nuclear magnetic resonance relaxation times which cannot be imaged with traditional methods. Relaxation times extracted from two-dimensional images of uniform doped agarose phantoms (T*2 approximately 60-210 microseconds) as well as hardened mortar (T*2 approximately 220 microseconds) and polymers (T*2 approximately 20-100 microseconds), using these techniques, agreed with bulk measurements. The method was then applied to a partially dried cylindrical concrete sample (T*2 approximately 115 microseconds).

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