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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 12, 2016
Applicant:

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;

Inventors:

Radhouene Neji, London, GB;

David Andrew Porter, Regensburg, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/36 (2006.01); G01R 33/54 (2006.01); G01R 33/56 (2006.01); G01R 33/385 (2006.01); G01R 33/483 (2006.01); G01R 33/561 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/5616 (2013.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); G01R 33/36 (2013.01); G01R 33/3852 (2013.01); G01R 33/4835 (2013.01); G01R 33/4836 (2013.01); G01R 33/543 (2013.01); G01R 33/5607 (2013.01);
Abstract

In a method and magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus for acquiring MR signals from an examination object an RF excitation pulse is directed into the examination object while activating magnetic field gradients in two different spatial directions, such that a magnetization in the examination object in the two different spatial directions is limited by the RF excitation pulse and the switching of the magnetic field gradients. The magnetization is excited in one of the two spatial directions, of a slice selection direction, in a number of periodic layers, so MR signals are generated in the multiple periodic slices. The MR signals in the multiple periodic layers are read out using multiple reception coils of the MR scanner.


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