Method, apparatus, and article for frequency-overlapped 3-D multispectral magnetic resonance images
US10061007B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 27, 2014 |
| Grant date | Aug 28, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 29, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R33/5617
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for acquiring 3D multispectral MRI of a target includes scanning a spectrum of spectral windows with an MRI scanner, wherein each spectral window of the spectrum defines a continuously-differentiable distribution of frequencies around a scan frequency and adjacent scan frequencies are spaced apart by substantially uniform frequency offsets such that adjacent spectral windows substantially uniformly overlap, wherein selected adjacent spectral windows are scanned in consecutive passes, and nearest neighbor spectral windows within each pass are scanned at a maximum temporal spacing within the pass.
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