System and method for magnetic resonance fingerprinting with relaxation and diffusion data acquisition
US11768264B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 2, 2022 |
| Grant date | Sep 26, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 2, 2042 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R33/56341
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for multi-dimensional, relaxation-diffusion magnetic resonance fingerprinting (MRF) includes performing, using a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, a pulse sequence that integrates free-waveform b-tensor diffusion encoding into a magnet resonance fingerprinting pulse sequence to perform a multi-dimensional, relaxation-diffusion encoding while acquiring MRF signal evolutions, processing, using a processor, the acquired MRF signal evolutions to determine at least one relaxation parameter and at least one diffusivity parameter, and generating, using the processor, a report including at least one of the at least one relaxation parameter and the at least diffusivity parameter.
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