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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2017
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Cedars-sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Xiaoming Bi, Oak Park, CA (US);
Christopher T. Nguyen, Hollywood, CA (US);
Zhaoyang Fan, Hacienda Heights, CA (US);
Yutaka Natsuaki, Riverside, CA (US);
Debiao Li, South Pasadena, CA (US);
Gerhard Laub, San Mateo, CA (US);
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments can provide a computer-implemented method for free breathing three dimensional diffusion imaging, the method comprising initiating, via a k-space component processor, diffusion/T2 preparation, comprising generating diffusion contrast; and adjusting one or more of amplitude, duration, and polarity to set a first order moment; applying, via an image data processor, a stack of stars k-space ordering, comprising acquiring a radial/spiral view for all members of a plurality of partitions in a partition-encoding direction; increasing an azimuthal angle until a complete set of radial/spiral views are sampled; and applying diffusion gradients along each of three axis simultaneously; and calculating, via the image data processor, an apparent diffusion coefficient map.