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Stem and method for acquiring MRI data from bone and soft tissues

US9213074B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

The General Hospital Corporation · US

Inventors

Andre Jan Willem Van Der Kouwe · Woburn, US
Thomas Benner · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 14, 2009
Grant date	Dec 15, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 27, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01R33/481
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system and method for producing MR images in which bone and soft tissue are identified. The method includes applying a pulse sequence that includes a first stage configured to acquire a radially-encoded FID and radially-encoded echoes performed after a non-selective RF excitation pulse and before a second stage, which is configured to acquire additional echoes. The radially-encoded MR data acquired during the first stage is substantially representative of bone, while the MR data acquired during the second stage is substantially representative of soft tissues. MR images in which bone and soft tissue are identified are reconstructed from these MR data sets.

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