The effect of wait time on T2 distributions from NMR experiments

Magn Reson Imaging. 1998 Jun-Jul;16(5-6):663-4. doi: 10.1016/s0730-725x(98)00029-0.

Abstract

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) relaxation curves for both T1 and T2 on two brine-saturated core plugs have been measured at 1 MHz. T2 distributions were extracted from Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill (CPMG) measurements using different wait times between consecutive echo sequences. The analysis was performed with both a limited number of exponentials and a continuous B-spline basis. The distributions depend strongly on wait time. The distributions were generally restored to the true distributions when a wait time correction was applied.

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy*
  • Petroleum / analysis*
  • Porosity
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Petroleum