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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2014
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventor:
Michael Carl, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/48 (2006.01); G01R 33/483 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/4816 (2013.01); G01R 33/4826 (2013.01); G01R 33/4833 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for slab selection in ultrashort echo time three-dimensional MRI includes applying an excitation signal to a target under a polarizing field; applying a unipolar slab selection gradient pulse to the target, concurrent with the excitation signal; and applying a rewinder pulse to the target for less than about 30 μs, immediately after the slab selection gradient pulse, and still under the polarizing field.