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Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 23, 2019
Applicant:

GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Wauwatosa, WI (US);

Inventors:

Florian Wiesinger, Garching, DE;

Mathias Engstrom, Stockholm, SE;

Assignee:

GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/48 (2006.01); G01R 33/44 (2006.01); G01R 33/36 (2006.01); G01R 33/561 (2006.01); G01R 33/385 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/4828 (2013.01); G01R 33/3614 (2013.01); G01R 33/443 (2013.01); G01R 33/4816 (2013.01); G01R 33/4826 (2013.01); G01R 33/5615 (2013.01); G01R 33/385 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for ZTE MRI are disclosed. An exemplary method includes obtaining Larmor frequencies of water and/or fat for a region of interest of a subject to be imaged at a pre-scan and setting a center frequency for an RF transceiver of the MR system at a value between the Larmor frequencies of water and fat. A ZTE pulse sequence is applied to the subject and MR signals in response to the ZTE pulse sequence are received from the subject. The received MR signals are demodulated with the center frequency and an in-phase ZTE image is generated from the demodulated MR signals.


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