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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
May. 24, 2013
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Steven Ryan Kecskemeti, Madison, WI (US);
Andrew L. Alexander, Madison, WI (US);
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Abstract
Described here are a system and method for obtaining multiple different images when performing a single scan of a subject with a magnetic resonance imaging ('MRI') system. The scan includes the application of two or more magnetization preparation radio frequency ('RF') pulses, such as inversion recovery (“IR”) pulses. Data is acquired after the application of each magnetization preparation RF pulse, thus allowing the acquisition of multiple different images of the subject in a single scan. Using this approach, the same information that used to require multiple different scans of the subject can be acquired in one single scan, and in less time than would be required to perform the multiple scans.