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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2018
Applicants:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignees:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/48 (2006.01); G01R 33/56 (2006.01); G01R 33/561 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/4816 (2013.01); G01R 33/4822 (2013.01); G01R 33/561 (2013.01); G01R 33/5602 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for magnetic resonance imaging a subject is provided. The system includes a magnet assembly and a controller. The controller is in electronic communication with the magnet assembly and operative to: perform an inversion recovery pulse on the subject via the magnet assembly; acquire an ultrashort echo from the subject via the magnet assembly using a hybrid encoding scheme; and generate an image of the subject based at least in part on the ultrashort echo.