Magnetic resonance imaging with fat suppression
US7148685B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 14, 2004 |
| Grant date | Dec 12, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 12, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R35/005
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A three-dimensional projection reconstruction pulse sequence acquires two half echoes in a steady state free precession (SSFP) scan. A method for combining the two echoes to suppress either fat or water in the reconstructed image is described includes shifting the phase of one echo and combining them in a regridding process used to transform the radial data to a Cartesian grid prior to image reconstruction.
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