Acquisition of segmented MRI cardiac data using an EPI pulse sequence
US6144200A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 20, 1998 |
| Grant date | Nov 7, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 20, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R33/5616
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method is disclosed to reconstruct multiphase MR images that accurately depict the entire cardiac cycle. A segmented, echo-planar imaging (EPI) pulse sequence is used to acquire data continuously during each cardiac cycle. Images are retrospectively reconstructed by selecting views from each heartbeat based on cardiac phase.
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