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Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021

Filed:

Apr. 04, 2019
Applicant:

Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;

Inventors:

Hans-Peter Fautz, Forchheim, DE;

Dominik Paul, Bubenreuth, DE;

Assignee:

Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/561 (2006.01); G01R 33/56 (2006.01); G01R 33/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/5617 (2013.01); G01R 33/4828 (2013.01); G01R 33/5602 (2013.01);
Abstract

In order to optimize magnetic resonance (MR) images in spin echo-based imaging, MR raw data are acquired by applying a static magnetic field, an excitation pulse, a refocusing pulse, and an RF pulse at the same time point as an echo elicited by the pulses with the result that the magnetization in the negative z-direction is deflected by a flip angle. The flip angle is selected such that, given a specified repetition time of the excitation pulse, a predetermined contrast is provided for two specified tissue types of the subject to be imaged. An MR image is reconstructed from the acquired MR raw data.


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