Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Siemens Medical Solutions Usa, Inc.

John Kirsch

Andreas Schmidt

Dominik Paul

Thorsten Feiweier

Martin Harder

Katrin Wohlfarth

Wilfried Landschuetz

Benjamin Schmitt

In a method and apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging of an examination subject using an acquisition sequence that includes at least one acquisition cycle, wherein the acquisition cycle includes a readout block set with at least two readout blocks, and a saturation pulse set with at least two saturation pulses, the saturation pulses of the saturation pulse set are respectively associated with respective readout blocks of the readout block set, and the saturation pulses of the saturation pulse set have respectively varying flip angles.

Method and apparatus for acquisition of magnetic resonance data with fat saturation pulses radiated with respectively different flip angles

In a method and apparatus to generate a magnetic resonance (MR) image in a volume of interest of an examination subject, the magnetization is excited in an additional volume in the subject by at least one RF pulse, in order to achieve a desired magnetization in the volume of interest. The additional excitation volume differs at least partially from the volume of interest. For this purpose, at least one MR overview image of the examination subject is analyzed automatically to determine a position of at least one anatomical structure of the examination subject, from which the volume of interest is automatically determined. The additional excitation volume is automatically determined using the position of the at least one anatomical structure. The MR image in the volume of interest is acquired with excitation of the magnetization in the automatically determined additional excitation volume.

Method and apparatus to generate magnetic resonance images

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