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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2016
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Abstract
In a method and apparatus for acquiring magnetic resonance (MR) data, MR signals are acquired simultaneously from S slices, of a total of N slices of a subject, with S being an SMS factor. The N slices are respectively at different positions from an isocenter of the data acquisition scanner, thereby causing said MR signals to be affected differently by Maxwell terms of magnetic fields that give said MR signals respective signal dephasings that are dependent on the distance of a respective slice from the isocenter. The SMS MR data acquisition sequence is executed with a spacing between each pair of adjacent slices being less than N/S. Maxwell correction gradient moments are calculated at an average position between the S slices, thereby generating corrected k-space data wherein the signal dephasing of the MR signals from the S slices is reduced.