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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2017
University of Virginia Patent Foundation, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
John P. Mugler, III, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Samuel W. Fielden, Lewisburg, PA (US);
G. Wilson Miller, IV, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Craig H. Meyer, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Talissa A. Altes, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Alto Stemmer, Erlangen, DE;
Josef Pfeuffer, Erlangen, DE;
Berthold Kiefer, Erlangen, DE;
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PATENT FOUNDATION, Charlottesville, VA (US);
SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH, Erlangen, DE;
Abstract
Some aspects of the present disclosure relate to ultrashort-echo-time (UTE) imaging. In one embodiment, a method includes acquiring UTE imaging data associated with an area of interest of a subject. The acquiring comprises applying an imaging pulse sequence with a three-dimensional (3D) spiral acquisition and a nonselective excitation pulse. The method also includes reconstructing at least one image of the area of interest from the acquired UTE imaging data.