Abstract
In this study, a new strategy for slow flow imaging is proposed. The basic idea is to generate flow contrast on a microscopic level below the spatial resolution of an imaging experiment. Since a microscopic spin tagging scheme is used, this concept is called MiST (Microscopic Spin Tagging). MiST is not a single specific measurement sequence, but rather a new flow sensitive preparation concept which is highly flexible and can be carried out in many ways. The common principle in all possible realizations of MiST is a periodic tagging of magnetization in thin planes (100–200 μm) within the imaging voxels by means of spatially selective RF-pulses. Therefore, flow sensitivity occurs via inflow of fresh spins on a microscopic scale. With this approach, short evolution times are sufficient to introduce inflow contrast and a spatial dependence of inflow times is avoided. The flow sensitive preparation and image orientation are also not connected as they are in conventional time-of-flight techniques. Another powerful feature of MiST is that it can be designed as a non-subtraction method, which results in no signal from stationary spins. Here we present a first realization of the MiST concept and its validation in quantitative flow measurements to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed preparation concept.
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