High temporal resolution black blood cine imaging
US5447155A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 27, 1992 |
| Grant date | Sep 5, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 27, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/20224
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
During a cardiac cine examination, a multiplicity of imaging sequences, each about 20 msec long, are applied following the R-wave. Each imaging sequence includes a saturation portion in which a bi-modal pre-saturation pulse (38) and a spoiler gradient (56) are applied. The bi-modal RF pulse has a relatively low tip angle, about 50.degree., but is repeated sufficiently often that blood in regions (30a, 30b) parallel to a selected slice (32) are driven toward saturation. Each imaging sequence further includes a gradient echo or other conventional imaging sequence during an imaging portion to generate magnetic resonance data (60). Each imaging sequence is repeated twice for each temporal interval with the same phase encoding, but once with the relative phase of the signal in the slice and the relative phase of the signals from within the pair of regions (30a, 30b) reversed. These two signals are combined such that the signals from within the slice add and the signals from with the pair of regions subtract. Signals corresponding to the same temporal interval after the R-wave with each of a multiplicity of phase encodings are reconstructed (82) into an image representations (84) for dis…
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