System and method for fast T2-weighted MR imaging with fat and fluid suppression
US11852706B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 8, 2019 |
| Grant date | Dec 26, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 31, 2041 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2018/00791
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention includes a method and apparatus for improved magnetic resonance imaging with simultaneous fat and fluid suppression of a subject comprising: acquiring four images, in-phase (IP) and out-of-phase (OP) at a short and a long echo time (TE) using a single-shot turbo spin echo from one or more magnetic resonance imager excitations: processing at least a pair of IP and OP images at a short and a long TE using single-shot turbo spin echo using a Dixon reconstruction; processing the pair of IP and OP images; subtracting the long TE water-only image from the shared-field-map Dixon reconstruction from the short TE water-only image to provide a fluid attenuation; processing water-only and fat-only images at the short and long TE to generate quantitative fat-fraction map; and reconstructing one or more 3D magnetic resonance images.
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