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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2016
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Sang-young Zho, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus, including a radio frequency (RF) transmitter configured to transmit a plurality of excitation RF pulses to an object, and to transmit a refocusing RF pulse to the object within a repetition time (TR) period after transmitting the plurality of excitation RF pulses; and a controller configured to control the RF transmitter to transmit a plurality of first additional gradient magnetic fields corresponding to the plurality of excitation RF pulses in order to spoil a plurality of free induction decay (FID) signals produced by the plurality of excitation RF pulses, and to transmit a plurality of second additional gradient magnetic fields corresponding to the plurality of excitation RF pulses in order to generate a plurality of spin echo signals corresponding to the spoiled plurality of FID signals; and an RF receiver configured to acquire the generated plurality of spin echo signals.