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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2017
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Joon-sung Choi, Anyang-si, KR;
Young-beom Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus for obtaining a magnetic resonance (MR) image using a multi-echo pulse sequence including a plurality of repetition times, including a memory configured to store an MR signal obtained using the multi-echo pulse sequence, and an image processor configured to determine a plurality of echo times included in the plurality of repetition times to provide the multi-echo pulse sequence including the plurality of echo times during the plurality of repetition times, and to obtain the MR image, based on the MR signal, wherein the plurality of repetition times includes a first repetition time adjacent to a second repetition time, wherein the plurality of echo times includes a first echo time of the first repetition time, a second echo time of the first repetition time, a first echo time of the second repetition time, and a second echo time of the second repetition time.