Spin echoes

Spin echoes#

One excitation and one refocusing pulse per repetition, with the acquisition centred on the spin echo. The readout trajectories are those of the gradient echoes, with a refocusing pulse between the excitation and the readout.

Example

Scope

2D Cartesian spin echo

One phase-encode line per excitation.

3D Cartesian spin echo

One (line, partition) view per excitation.

2D radial spin echo

One full radial spoke per excitation.

3D stack-of-stars spin echo

One spoke at one Cartesian partition per excitation.

2D spiral spin echo

One spiral interleaf per excitation.

3D stack-of-spirals spin echo

One interleaf at one Cartesian partition per excitation.

2D PROPELLER spin echo

One line of one rotating blade per excitation.

2D PROPELLER spin echo with echo-planar blades

One whole blade per excitation, read as an echo-planar train.

3D stack-of-blades spin echo

One blade line at one Cartesian partition per excitation.