Magnetic resonance imaging of different chemical species in a system having magnetic field heterogeneities
US7349729B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 20, 2003 |
| Grant date | Mar 25, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 14, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B5/4528
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A multi-point chemical species (e.g., water, fat) separation process which is compatible with rapid gradient echo imaging such as SSFP uses an iterative least squares method that decomposes water and fat images from source images acquired at short echo time increments. The single coil algorithm extends to multi-coil reconstruction with minimal additional complexity.
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