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Simultaneous and dynamic determination of longitudinal and transversal relaxation times of a nuclear spin system

US9588205B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KONINIKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. · NL

Inventors

Stefanie Remmele · Hamburg, DE
Wei Liu · Singapore, SG
Tobias Ratko Voigt · Hamburg, DE
Christian Stehning · Eindhoven, NL

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 10, 2011
Grant date	Mar 7, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 17, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01R33/5616
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a magnetic resonance imaging method for simultaneous and dynamic determination of a longitudinal relaxation time T1 and a transversal relaxation time T2 of the nuclear spin system of an object, in the context of DCE or DSE MRI. In this respect, the invention makes use of a steady-state gradient echo pulse sequence comprising an EPI readout module.

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