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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2014
Applicants:
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
The Governors of the University of Alberta, Edmonton, CA;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
The Governors of the University of Alberta, Edmonton, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/561 (2006.01); G01R 33/50 (2006.01); G01R 33/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/5614 (2013.01); G01R 33/50 (2013.01); G01R 33/5602 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for performing magnetic resonance imaging with variable flip angle (VFA) readouts includes preparing longitudinal magnetization of a spin system associated with a subject to a target state, yielding a prepared longitudinal magnetization. The prepared longitudinal magnetization is converted to an image using a VFA readout sequence, wherein the VFA readout sequence comprises a plurality of radio-frequency pulses with corresponding flip-angles varying according to a modulation function.