RF pulses with built-in saturation sidebands for MRI applications
US6965234B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 6, 2004 |
| Grant date | Nov 15, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 3, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R33/4833
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A RF Excitation pulse for MRI applications has built-in saturation sidebands, thereby reducing the time for an excitation sequence. The pulse is created using the Shinnar-Le Roux (SLR) transform and designing beta-polynomials for a desired image slice excitation and for saturation of RF excitation such as by de-phasing in regions adjacent to the desired image slice. The beta-polynomials are combined and an inverse SLR transform creates the RF pulse from the combined beta-polynomial.
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