- longitudinal relaxation: T1, spin return to parallel state (63%)
- transverse Relaxation: T2, loss of phase coherence (37%)
- TR: how often we excite the nuclei
- TE: how soon after excitation we begin data collection
M0(1−e−TRT1)e−TET2
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long TR+ long TE = T2 image
M0e−TET2
long TR+ short TE= Proton Density image
M0
short TR + short TE = T1 image
M0(1−e−TRT1)