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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2013
Ovidiu Andronesi, Melrose, MA (US);
Bruce Rosen, Lexington, MA (US);
Peter Caravan, Cambridge, MA (US);
Himanshu Bhat, Cambridge, MA (US);
Ovidiu Andronesi, Melrose, MA (US);
Bruce Rosen, Lexington, MA (US);
Peter Caravan, Cambridge, MA (US);
Himanshu Bhat, Cambridge, MA (US);
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Abstract
A system acquires MR imaging data of a portion of patient anatomy associated with proton spin lattice relaxation time in a rotating frame using an RF (Radio Frequency) signal generator configured to generate RF excitation pulses and a magnetic field gradient generator configured to generate anatomical volume select magnetic field gradients for phase encoding and readout RF data acquisition. The RF signal generator and the gradient generator are configured to provide a rotating frame preparation pulse sequence comprising at least one of, (a) a T1 spin lattice relaxation in a rotating frame (T1ρ) preparation pulse sequence of adiabatic pulses comprising modulated RF pulses and modulated magnetic field gradients for slice selection and (b) a T2 spin-spin relaxation in a rotating frame (T2ρ) preparation pulse sequence of adiabatic pulses comprising modulated RF pulses and modulated magnetic field gradients for slice selection.