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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2016
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Holger Eggers, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention provides for a Dixon method of controlling a magnetic resonance imaging () system. Acquiring () Dixon magnetic resonance data (), first calibration magnetic resonance data (), and second calibration magnetic resonance data () using pulse sequence commands (). To cause the magnetic resonance imaging system to execute multiple pulse repetitions (). The multiple pulse repetitions causes the magnetic resonance imaging system to generate a Dixon readout gradient () along a readout direction (). The pulse sequence commands cause the processor to perform one or more first modified pulse repetitions () and one or more second modified pulse repetitions (). The one or more first modified pulse repetitions causes the magnetic resonance imaging system to generate a first modified readout gradient () for acquiring first calibration magnetic resonance data () during the first modified readout gradient during at least one of the one or more first modified pulse repetitions. The first modified readout gradient is the Dixon readout gradient with an amplitude reduced by a predetermined factor (). The one or more second modified pulse repetitions causes the magnetic resonance imaging system to generate a second modified readout gradient () for acquiring second calibration magnetic resonance data () during the second modified readout gradient during at least one of the one or more second modified pulse repetitions. The second modified readout gradient is the Dixon readout gradient with an amplitude reduced by the predetermined factor. The first modified readout gradient or the second modified readout gradient has a reversed polarity with respect to the Dixon readout gradient. First () and second () Fourier transformed data () are calculated () by Fourier transforming the first and second calibration magnetic resonance data in the readout direction, calculating () a phase difference () between the first and the second Fourier transformed data and a corrected phase difference () by interpolating and scaling the phase difference using the predefined factor, calculating () corrected Dixon magnetic resonance data () using the Dixon magnetic resonance data and the corrected phase difference, and calculating () a water signal () and a fat signal () from the corrected Dixon magnetic resonance data.