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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2015
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Mitsuharu Miyoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Naoyuki Takei, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/561 (2006.01); G01R 33/48 (2006.01); G01R 33/483 (2006.01); G01R 33/56 (2006.01); G01R 33/563 (2006.01); G01R 33/28 (2006.01); G01R 33/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/561 (2013.01); G01R 33/4818 (2013.01); G01R 33/4838 (2013.01); G01R 33/5607 (2013.01); G01R 33/5635 (2013.01); G01R 33/288 (2013.01); G01R 33/482 (2013.01); G01R 33/4824 (2013.01); G01R 33/543 (2013.01); G01R 33/5605 (2013.01);
Abstract
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus comprises a scanning unit for performing a pulse sequence PS including a MT (Magnetization Transfer) pulse b for lessening signals from the cerebral parenchyma (white matter and gray matter). The scanning unit performs the pulse sequence PS in periods of time Pand Pin the pulse sequence PS so that the MT pulse b is applied every repetition time TR, while it performs the pulse sequence PS in a period of time Pin the pulse sequence PS so that no MT pulse b is applied.