Comparison of myelin water fraction from multiecho T2 decay curve and steady‐state methods

Myelin water fraction is conventionally measured from the T2 decay curve. Recently, a steady‐state approach entitled multicomponent‐driven equilibrium single pulse observation of T1/T2 (mcDESPOT) was employed for myelin water fraction mapping. However, no direct comparison between the established multiecho T2 relaxation method and mcDESPOT has been performed.

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