. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Oct 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Magn Reson. 2007 Jan 26;186(1):75–85. doi: 10.1016/j.jmr.2007.01.015

Table 1.

Sources of artifacts in T1ρ-weighted imaging and their pulse sequence correction schemes. T1ρ clusters with adiabatic excitation and storage pulses are complementary to the four pulse sequences analyzed in this paper.

Spin Lock Sequence	Reference	B₁ Insensitivity	Flip Angle (α = 90°)	ΔB₀ Insensitivity	Off-resonance
Conventional
Adiabatic (ω_1max ≫ Δω₀)	[8]	X
Rotary Echo (B₁ Insensitive)	[17]	X	X
Off-Resonance	[21, 22]	X	X		X
ΔB₀ Insensitive	[25]	X		X
B₁ & ΔB₀ Insensitive	[this manuscript]	X	X	X