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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2016
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/561 (2006.01); G01R 33/563 (2006.01); A61B 5/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/026 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); G01R 33/483 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/5635 (2013.01); A61B 5/026 (2013.01); A61B 5/02007 (2013.01); A61B 5/0555 (2013.01); G01R 33/561 (2013.01); G01R 33/56308 (2013.01); G01R 33/4835 (2013.01); G01R 33/4838 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, which is performed by an MRI apparatus, of scanning a blood vessel, includes: sequentially applying, according to a time-of-flight (TOF) method, radio frequency (RF) pulses respectively to first grouped slabs during a first repetition time (TR); sequentially acquiring MR signals respectively corresponding to the RF pulses applied during the first TR; sequentially applying, according to the TOF method, RF pulses respectively to second grouped slabs during a second TR; and sequentially acquiring MR signals respectively corresponding to the RF pulses applied during the second TR.