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Method and system for improving the contrast of magnetization-transfer-prepared MRI

US11914014B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Healthineers AG · DE

Inventors

Thorsten Feiweier · Peising, DE
Tom Hilbert · Lausanne, CH
Bryan Clifford · Malden, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 30, 2022
Grant date	Feb 27, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 12, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01R33/288
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a method for improving the contrast of magnetization-transfer-prepared magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), an acquisition scheme comprising a plurality of inversion-recovery (IR)-imaging modules in an interleaved arrangement is selected, a number of magnetization-transfer (MT)-preparation modules is selected, a pulse sequence is generated by arranging at least one MT-preparation module of the number of MT-preparation modules between two successive IR-preparation modules of the interleaved IR-imaging modules or in front of the first IR-preparation module of a group of interleaved IR-imaging modules, and the pulse sequence for an MRI examination is applied or saved. Each IR-imaging module may include an IR-preparation module and a slice acquisition module.

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