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Centric phase encoding order for 3D NMR data acquisition

US5912557A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 19, 1997
Grant dateJun 15, 1999
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Expiry dateFeb 19, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01R33/4822
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A 3DFT NMR scan is performed by stepping two phase encoding gradients through a sequence of values to sample all locations in k-space. The gradients are stepped such that k-space is covered by sampling closer to the origin of k-space first. Two methods for ordering the k-space sample points are disclosed.

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