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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
May. 07, 2015
Applicant:
The Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (US);
Inventor:
Joseph Dagher, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
THE ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, Tucson, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/563 (2006.01); G01R 33/24 (2006.01); G01R 33/48 (2006.01); G01R 33/56 (2006.01); G01R 33/561 (2006.01); G01R 33/565 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/56316 (2013.01); G01R 33/243 (2013.01); G01R 33/4804 (2013.01); G01R 33/56 (2013.01); G01R 33/5608 (2013.01); G01R 33/5611 (2013.01); G01R 33/56366 (2013.01); G01R 33/56545 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for magnetic resonance (MR) phase imaging of a subject includes: (i) for each channel of a multi-channel MRI scanner, acquiring MR measurements at a plurality of voxels of the subject using a pulse sequence that reduces MR measurement phase error; and (ii) for each voxel, determining reconstructed MR phase from the MR measurements of each channel to form an MR phase image of the subject. The step of determining reconstructed MR phase may be performed for each of the voxels independently.