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Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 30, 2017
Applicant:

Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;

Inventors:

Wei Liu, Shenzhen, CN;

Nan Xiao, Shenzhen, CN;

Le Zhang, Shenzhen, CN;

Kun Zhou, Shenzhen, CN;

Assignee:

Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/563 (2006.01); G01R 33/48 (2006.01); G01R 33/561 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/56341 (2013.01); G01R 33/482 (2013.01); G01R 33/5616 (2013.01);
Abstract

In a magnetic resonance diffusion weighted imaging method and apparatus, an excitation pulse flips a magnetization intensity vector of nuclear spins, a subject from the Z direction into the X-Y plane; and a diffusion pulse is applied to the magnetization intensity vector flipped into the X-Y plane in order to perform diffusion weighting. A flip pulse is applied to a magnetization intensity vector that does not meet Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill conditions in the X-Y plane after diffusion weighting in order to flip it back to the Z direction. A data acquisition sequence is activated to acquire imaging data from a residual magnetization intensity vector meeting the Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill conditions in the X-Y plane.


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