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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2015
Applicants:
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Northshore University Healthsystem, Evanston, IL (US);
Inventors:
Sven Zuehlsdorff, Westmont, IL (US);
Shivraman Giri, Chicago, IL (US);
Robert R. Edelman, Highland Park, IL (US);
Assignees:
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE (US);
NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/3875 (2006.01); G01R 33/483 (2006.01); G01R 33/561 (2006.01); G01R 33/565 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/3875 (2013.01); G01R 33/4835 (2013.01); G01R 33/5614 (2013.01); G01R 33/56563 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of acquiring magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data of a subject includes dividing a region of interest into a plurality of slices, and acquiring the slices using an iterative process that interleaves acquisition of shim data covering the plurality of slices with acquisition of image data covering the slices over a plurality of iterations.