Method and apparatus for MR image acquisition
US7061241B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 2, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jun 13, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 2, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R33/5617
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An NMR image of a patient's heart uses SSFSE (single shot fast spin echo) type pulses to condition the body by a preparation of a phase-encoding gradient pulse whose duration differs from one sequence to another so as to define, from one sequence to another, a different effective echo time. At each sequence an image is displayed representing the discrimination of the contributions of the particles of the body as a function of their time T2 compared with this effective time. For the heart, with a single respiration on the part of the patient, lesions due to infarction and transplant rejection are revealed.
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