Double-slice imaging method in NMR imaging apparatus
US5345172A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 4, 1992 |
| Grant date | Sep 6, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 4, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R33/3607
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
To accomplish double-slice imaging by a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imaging apparatus having an ordinary radio frequency magnetic field generator, two radio frequency magnetic field waveforms are used and slices are separated by subsequent calculation. More definitely, two slice portions are excited in a REAL direction by a COS waveform and are excited in an IMAG direction by a SIN waveform. When one of the slices is S1 with the other being S2, the signal SC when the COS waveform is used is S1+S2 while the signal SS when the SIN waveform is used is i.S1-i.S2. Therefore, the calculation for separating the slices proves SC+i.SS and SC-i.SS. The present invention can avoid the increase in the production cost of the apparatus due to the addition of hardwares.
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