Transverse relaxation time (T2) mapping in the brain with off‐resonance correction using phase‐cycled steady‐state free precession imaging

To investigate a new approach for more completely accounting for off‐resonance affects in the DESPOT2 (driven equilibrium single pulse observation of T2) mapping technique.

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