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Measurement of T1 of the ultrashort T2* components in white matter of the brain at 3T.
Recent research demonstrates that white matter of the brain contains not only long T2 components, but a minority of ultrashort T2* components. Adiabatic inversion recovery prepared dual echo ultrashort echo time (IR-dUTE) sequences can be used to selectively image the ultrashort T2* components in white matter of the brain using a clinical whole body scanner. The T2*s of the ultrashort T2* components can be quantified using mono-exponential decay fitting of the IR-dUTE signal at a series of different TEs. However, accurate T1 measurement of the ultrashort T2* components is technically challenging. Efficient suppression of the signal from the majority of long T2 components is essential for robust T1 measurement. In this paper we describe a novel approach to this problem based on the use of IR-dUTE data acquisitions with different TR and TI combinations to selectively detect the signal recovery of the ultrashort T2* components. Exponential recovery curve fitting provides efficient T1 estimation, with minimized contamination from the majority of long T2 components. A rubber phantom and a piece of bovine cortical bone were used for validation of this approach. Six healthy volunteers were studied. An averaged T2* of 0.32 ± 0.09 ms, and a short mean T1 of 226 ± 46 ms were demonstrated for the healthy volunteers at 3T
Programmable quantum state discriminator by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
In this paper a programmable quantum state discriminator is implemented by
using nuclear magnetic resonance. We use a two qubit spin-1/2 system, one for
the data qubit and one for the ancilla (programme) qubit. This device does the
unambiguous (error free) discrimination of pair of states of the data qubit
that are symmetrically located about a fixed state. The device is used to
discriminate both, linearly polarized states and elliptically polarized states.
The maximum probability of the successful discrimination is achieved by
suitably preparing the ancilla qubit. It is also shown that, the probability of
discrimination depends on angle of unitary operator of the protocol and
ellipticity of the data qubit state.Comment: 22 pages and 9 figure
Nuclear Spins in a Nanoscale Device for Quantum Information Processing
Coherent oscillations between any two levels from four nuclear spin states of
I=3/2 have been demonstrated in a nanometre-scale NMR semiconductor device,
where nuclear spins are all-electrically controlled. Using this device, we
discuss quantum logic operations on two fictitious qubits of the I=3/2 system,
and propose a quantum state tomography scheme based on the measurement of
longitudinal magnetization, .Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
Quantum information processing by NMR using a 5-qubit system formed by dipolar coupled spins in an oriented molecule
Quantum Information processing by NMR with small number of qubits is well
established. Scaling to higher number of qubits is hindered by two major
requirements (i) mutual coupling among qubits and (ii) qubit addressability. It
has been demonstrated that mutual coupling can be increased by using residual
dipolar couplings among spins by orienting the spin system in a liquid
crystalline matrix. In such a case, the heteronuclear spins are weakly coupled
but the homonuclear spins become strongly coupled. In such circumstances, the
strongly coupled spins can no longer be treated as qubits. However, it has been
demonstrated elsewhere, that the energy levels of a strongly coupled N
spin-1/2 system can be treated as an N-qubit system. For this purpose the
various transitions have to be identified to well defined energy levels. This
paper consists of two parts. In the first part, the energy level diagram of a
heteronuclear 5-spin system is obtained by using a newly developed
heteronuclear z-cosy (HET-Z-COSY) experiment. In the second part,
implementation of logic gates, preparation of pseudopure states, creation of
entanglement and entanglement transfer is demonstrated, validating the use of
such systems for quantum information processing.Comment: 23 pages, 8 figure
Approximate Quantum Cloning with Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Here we describe a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) experiment that uses a
three qubit NMR device to implement the one to two approximate quantum cloning
network of Buzek et al.Comment: 4 pages RevTeX4 including 5 postscript figures. Submitted to PR
A robust broadband fat suppressing phaser T2 preparation module for cardiac magnetic resonance imaging at 3T
Purpose: Designing a new T2 preparation (T2-Prep) module in order to
simultaneously provide robust fat suppression and efficient T2 preparation
without requiring an additional fat suppression module for T2-weighted imaging
at 3T. Methods: The tip-down RF pulse of an adiabatic T2 preparation (T2-Prep)
module was replaced by a custom-designed RF excitation pulse that induces a
phase difference between water and fat, resulting in a simultaneous T2
preparation of water signals and the suppression of fat signals at the end of
the module (now called a phaser adiabatic T2-Prep). Using numerical
simulations, in vitro and in vivo ECG-triggered navigator gated acquisitions of
the human heart, the blood, myocardium and fat signal-to-noise ratio and right
coronary artery (RCA) vessel sharpness using this approach were compared
against previously published conventional adiabatic T2-Prep approaches Results:
Numerical simulations predicted an increased fat suppression bandwidth and
decreased sensitivity against transmit magnetic field inhomogeneities using the
proposed approach, while preserving the water T2 preparation capabilities. This
was confirmed by the tissue signals acquired on the phantom and the in vivo
MRA, which show similar blood and myocardium SNR and CNR and significantly
reduced fat SNR compared to the other methods tested. As a result, the RCA
conspicuity was significantly increased and the motion artifacts were visually
decreased. Conclusion: A novel fat-suppressing T2-preparation method was
developed and implemented that demonstrated robust fat suppression and
increased vessel sharpness compared with conventional techniques, while
preserving its T2 preparation capabilities.Comment: 23 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Magnetic Resonance in Medicin
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