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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Peng Lai, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Joseph Yitan Cheng, Palo Alto, CA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for phase-contrast imaging a fluid within a volume of an imaged subject is provided. The method includes acquiring a plurality of slabs, each slab imaging the fluid flowing within a portion of the volume; and volume merging the plurality of slabs to form an image of the volume. Each slab of the plurality is aligned with respect to the volume such that each slab of the plurality is continuously supplied with a plurality of magnetically unsaturated portions of the fluid during acquisition.