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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2017
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Andrew James Wheaton, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Michael R. Thompson, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Canon Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus and method are disclosed for determining a time origin of an input RF pulse of a plurality of input RF pulses. The method includes generating an RF echo based on the plurality of input RF pulses, a time-duration between the input RF pulses being controllable in order to determine a time instance corresponding to an ideal position of the RF echo. The method further includes acquiring a data signal corresponding to a scan of a subject, and computing a time-difference between a measured peak of the acquired data signal and the time instance corresponding to the ideal position of the RF echo, the computed time difference corresponding to a measure of a time-shift of an effective magnetic center of the input RF pulse.