Generalized method for MRI chemical species separation using arbitrary k-space trajectories
US7619411B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 23, 2007 |
| Grant date | Nov 17, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 11, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R33/56554
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for producing images of a subject containing M spin species using a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system includes obtaining N k-space data matrices from N k-space data sets acquired with the MRI system using a pulse sequence with an individual associated echo time. The k-space data matrices each include corresponding data at the same plurality of k-space locations and time stamps are tracked for each k-space location. For each k-space location, a set of linear equations in k-space is solved. The set of linear equations relates corresponding data from the N k-space data matrices, echo times and time stamps to desired calculated k-space data. Calculated data in k-space which is corrected for chemical shift is produced corresponding to each k-space location and aggregated to obtain a k-space calculated data set. The k-space calculated data set is transformed to image space to obtain a corresponding image.
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