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spin echo sequences
- T1 -: T1 weighted
  - IR: inversion recovery
- T2 -: T2 weighted
  - RARE ~~- rapid~~-rapid acquisition with relaxation enhancement
  - HASTE ~~- half~~-half-Fourier acquisition single-shot turbo spin-echo
  - BLADE ~~- proprietary~~-proprietary name for periodically rotated overlapping parallel lines with enhanced reconstruction (PROPELLER) in MR systems from Siemens Healthcare^{TM 4}
- T2*:
  - BOLD imaging -: blood oxygen level dependent imaging
- TGSE -: turbo gradient spin echo
GRE - : gradient echo sequences
- SSFP -: steady state free precession
- TRUFI: true fast imaging with steady ~~state~~-state free precession
- true FISP -: fast imaging with steady ~~state~~-state free precession
- PSIF -: reverse FISP
- DESS -: dual echo steady state
- FLASH -: fast low angle shot
- GRASS -: gradient recalled acquisition in the steady state
- SPGR -: spoiled gradient recalled
  - VIBE : volumetric interpolated breath ~~hold~~-hold examination
CISS -: constructive interference in steady state
FIESTA -: fast imaging employing steady ~~state~~-state acquisition
diffusion weighted sequences:
- DWI -: diffusion ~~weighted~~-weighted imaging
- ADC -: apparent diffusion coefficient maps
SWI : susceptibility weighted imaging
inversion recovery sequences:
- STIR -: short tau inversion recovery
- FLAIR -: fluid ~~attenuated~~-attenuated inversion recovery
- TIRM -: turbo inversion recovery magnitude

MR angiography:
- TOF -: time of flight
- MOTSA:
- ~~MOTSA~~ ~~- multiple~~ multiple overlapping thin slab acquisitions
- phase contrast
- contrast enhanced MR angiography
- TWIST -: time resolved angiography with stochastic trajectories
in and out of phase imaging
fat suppressed imaging

See also

~~-<li>~~
+<li>
~~-<li>~~
~~-<a title="T1" href="/articles/t1-weighted-image">T1</a> - T1 weighted~~
~~-<ul><li>~~
~~-<a title="IR" href="/articles/ir">IR</a> : inversion recovery</li></ul>~~
~~-</li>~~
~~-<li>~~
~~-<a title="T2 weighted image" href="/articles/t2-weighted-image">T2</a> - T2 weighted<a title="HASTE" href="/articles/haste"></a><ul>~~
~~-<li>~~
~~-<a title="RARE" href="/articles/rare">RARE</a> - rapid acquisition with relaxation enhancement</li>~~
~~-<li>~~
~~-<a title="HASTE" href="/articles/haste">HASTE</a> - half-Fourier acquisition single-shot turbo spin-echo </li>~~
~~-<li>~~
-<a title="BLADE" href="/articles/blade">BLADE</a> - proprietary name for periodically rotated overlapping parallel lines with enhanced reconstruction (PROPELLER) in MR systems from Siemens Healthcare<sup>TM 4</sup>
~~-</li>~~
+<li>
+<a title="T1" href="/articles/t1">T1</a>: T1 weighted<ul><li>
+<a href="/articles/ir">IR</a>: inversion recovery</li></ul>
+</li>
+<li>
+<a href="/articles/t2-weighted-image">T2</a> : T2 weighted<ul>
+<li>
+<a href="/articles/rare">RARE</a>-rapid acquisition with relaxation enhancement</li>
+<li>
+<a href="/articles/haste">HASTE</a>-half-Fourier acquisition single-shot turbo spin-echo</li>
+<li>
+<a href="/articles/blade">BLADE</a>-proprietary name for periodically rotated overlapping parallel lines with enhanced reconstruction (PROPELLER) in MR systems from Siemens Healthcare<sup>TM 4</sup>
+</li>
~~-</li>~~
+</li>
~~-<li>~~
~~-<a title="T2*" href="/articles/t2*">T2*</a><ul><li>~~
~~-<a title="BOLD imaging" href="/articles/bold_imaging">BOLD</a> imaging - blood oxygen level dependent imaging</li></ul>~~
~~-</li>~~
~~-<li>~~
~~-<a style="color: rgb(63, 117, 216); text-decoration: none;" title="TGSE" href="/articles/tgse">TGSE</a> - turbo gradient spin echo<a title="T2* " href="/articles/t2"> </a>~~
~~-</li>~~
~~-</ul>~~
~~-</li>~~
~~-<li>~~
~~-<a title="GRE" href="/articles/gre">GRE</a> - <strong>gradient echo sequences</strong><ul>~~
~~-<li>~~
~~-<a title="SSFP" href="/articles/steady-state-free-precession-mri-2">SSFP</a> - steady state free precession</li>~~
~~-<li>~~
~~-<a title="TRUFI" href="/articles/trufi">TRUFI </a>- true fast imaging with steady state free precession</li>~~
~~-<li>true <a style="color: rgb(63, 117, 216); text-decoration: none;" title="FISP" href="/articles/fisp">FISP</a> - fast imaging with steady state free precession</li>~~
~~-<li>~~
~~-<a title="PSIF" href="/articles/psif">PSIF</a> - reverse FISP</li>~~
~~-<li>~~
~~-<a title="DESS" href="/articles/dess">DESS</a> - dual echo steady state</li>~~
~~-<li>~~
~~-<a title="FLASH" href="/articles/flash">FLASH</a> - fast low angle shot </li>~~
~~-<li>~~
~~-<a title="GRASS" href="/articles/grass">GRASS</a> - gradient recalled acquisition in the steady state</li>~~
~~-<li>~~
~~-<a title="SPGR" href="/articles/spgr">SPGR</a> - spoiled gradient recalled~~
~~-<ul><li>~~
~~-<a title="VIBE" href="/articles/vibe">VIBE</a> : volumetric interpolated breath hold examination</li></ul>~~
~~-</li>~~
~~-</ul>~~
~~-</li>~~
~~-<li>~~
~~-<a title="CISS" href="/articles/ciss">CISS</a> - constructive interference in steady state</li>~~
~~-<li>~~
~~-<a title="FIESTA" href="/articles/fiesta">FIESTA</a> - fast imaging employing steady state acquisition</li>~~
~~-<li>~~
~~-<strong>diffusion weighted sequences</strong><ul>~~
~~-<li>~~
~~-<a title="DWI" href="/articles/dwi">DWI</a> - diffusion weighted imaging</li>~~
~~-<li>~~
~~-<a title="ADC" href="/articles/adc">ADC</a> - apparent diffusion coefficient maps</li>~~
~~-</ul>~~
~~-</li>~~
~~-<li>~~
~~-<a title="SWI" href="/articles/swi">SWI</a> : susceptibility weighted imaging</li>~~
~~-<li>~~
~~-<strong>inversion recovery sequences</strong><ul>~~
~~-<li>~~
~~-<a title="STIR" href="/articles/stir">STIR</a> - short tau inversion recovery</li>~~
~~-<li>~~
~~-<a title="FLAIR" href="/articles/fluid-attenuation-inversion-recovery">FLAIR</a> - fluid attenuated inversion recovery</li>~~
~~-<li>~~
~~-<a title="Turbo Inversion Recovery Magnitude" href="/articles/turbo-inversion-recovery-magnitude">TIRM</a> - turbo inversion recovery magnitude</li>~~
+<li>
+<a href="/articles/t2*">T2*</a>:<ul><li>
+<a href="/articles/bold-imaging">BOLD</a> imaging: blood oxygen level dependent imaging</li></ul>
+</li>
+<li>
+<a href="/articles/tgse">TGSE</a>: turbo gradient spin echo<a href="/articles/t2"> </a>
+</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li>
+<a href="/articles/gre">GRE</a>: gradient echo sequences<ul>
+<li>
+<a href="/articles/steady-state-free-precession-mri-2">SSFP</a>: steady state free precession</li>
+<li>
+<a href="/articles/trufi">TRUFI</a>: true fast imaging with steady-state free precession</li>
+<li>true <a href="/articles/fisp">FISP</a>: fast imaging with steady-state free precession</li>
+<li>
+<a href="/articles/psif">PSIF</a>: reverse FISP</li>
+<li>
+<a href="/articles/dess">DESS</a>: dual echo steady state</li>
+<li>
+<a href="/articles/flash">FLASH</a>: fast low angle shot </li>
+<li>
+<a href="/articles/grass">GRASS</a>: gradient recalled acquisition in the steady state</li>
+<li>
+<a href="/articles/spgr">SPGR</a>: spoiled gradient recalled<ul><li>
+<a href="/articles/vibe">VIBE</a> : volumetric interpolated breath-hold examination</li></ul>
+</li>
~~-</li>~~
+</li>
+<li>
+<a href="/articles/ciss">CISS</a>: constructive interference in steady state</li>
+<li>
+<a href="/articles/fiesta">FIESTA</a>: fast imaging employing steady-state acquisition</li>
+<li>
+<strong>diffusion weighted sequences:</strong><ul>
+<li>
+<a href="/articles/dwi">DWI</a>: diffusion-weighted imaging</li>
+<li>
+<a href="/articles/adc">ADC</a>: apparent diffusion coefficient maps</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li>
+<a href="/articles/swi">SWI</a> : susceptibility weighted imaging</li>
+<li>
+<strong>inversion recovery sequences:</strong><ul>
+<li>
+<a href="/articles/stir">STIR</a>: short tau inversion recovery</li>
+<li>
+<a href="/articles/fluid-attenuation-inversion-recovery">FLAIR</a>: fluid-attenuated inversion recovery</li>
+<li>
+<a href="/articles/turbo-inversion-recovery-magnitude">TIRM</a>: turbo inversion recovery magnitude</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
~~-<li>~~
~~-<strong>MR angiography</strong><ul>~~
~~-<li>~~
~~-<a title="time of flight" href="/articles/time-of-flight">TOF</a> - time of flight<strong><a title="MOTSA" href="/articles/motsa"></a></strong>~~
~~-</li>~~
~~-<li>~~
~~-<a title="MOTSA" href="/articles/motsa">MOTSA</a> - multiple overlapping thin slab acquisitions</li>~~
~~-<li>phase contrast</li>~~
~~-<li><a title="contrast enhanced MR angiography" href="/articles/contrast-enhanced-mr-angiography">contrast enhanced MR angiography</a></li>~~
~~-<li>~~
~~-<a title="TWIST" href="/articles/twist">TWIST</a> - time resolved angiography with stochastic trajectories</li>~~
~~-</ul>~~
~~-</li>~~
~~-<li><a title="In and out of phase imaging" href="/articles/in-and-out-of-phase-imaging">in and out of phase imaging</a></li>~~
~~-<li><a title="Fat suppressed imaging" href="/articles/fat-suppressed-imaging">fat suppressed imaging</a></li>~~
~~-</ul><h4>See also </h4><ul>~~
~~-<li><a title="MR Spectroscopy" href="/articles/mr-spectroscopy-1">MR spectroscopy</a></li>~~
~~-<li><a title="MRI pulse sequences" href="/articles/mri-pulse-sequences-1">MRI pulse sequences</a></li>~~
+<li>
+<strong>MR angiography:</strong><ul>
+<li>
+<a href="/articles/time-of-flight">TOF</a>: time of flight</li>
+<li>
+<a href="/articles/motsa">MOTSA:</a> multiple overlapping thin slab acquisitions</li>
+<li>phase contrast</li>
+<li><a href="/articles/contrast-enhanced-mr-angiography">contrast enhanced MR angiography</a></li>
+<li>
+<a href="/articles/twist">TWIST</a>: time resolved angiography with stochastic trajectories</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li><a href="/articles/in-and-out-of-phase-imaging">in and out of phase imaging</a></li>
+<li><a href="/articles/fat-suppressed-imaging">fat suppressed imaging</a></li>
+</ul><h4>See also</h4><ul>
+<li><a href="/articles/mr-spectroscopy-1">MR spectroscopy</a></li>
+<li><a href="/articles/mri-pulse-sequences-1">MRI pulse sequences</a></li>

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