General Electric Company

Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Agus Priatna

Xiaoli Zhao

Anthony Tienhuan Vu

David Leslie Foxall

Dee H Wu

Sara M Oberrecht

Sara Hagey

A system and method of MR imaging is disclosed that includes reconstruction of MR images with uniform or homogeneous fat suppression. An imaging process is performed using partial asymmetric acquisitions in conjunction with zero-filling of k-space for dynamic contrast-enhanced imaging. Data acquisition is carried out in a relatively short period of time which reduces scan time, reduces the likelihood of subject discomfort and motion-induced artifacts, and increases patient throughput.

System and method for MR data acquisition with uniform fat suppression

A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus () acquires a plurality of parametric images () with at least one varying imaging parameter. A parametric map () is constructed from the plurality of parametric images (). At least one pilot parameter () is identified from at least the parametric map (). The at least one identified pilot parameter () includes at least a volume of interest for a diagnostic image. A contrast agent () is administered to the patient (). The identified volume of interest is imaged during influx of the administered contrast agent () into the identified volume of interest. The imaging uses the at least one identified pilot parameter ().

Method and apparatus for evaluation of contrast agent uptake based on derived parametric images

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