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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
May. 11, 2017
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Berkin Bilgic, Boston, MA (US);
Kawin Setsompop, Charlestown, MA (US);
Daniel Polak, Cambridge, MA (US);
Huihui Ye, Charlestown, MA (US);
Lawrence Wald, Cambridge, MA (US);
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
Methods for reducing scan time in magnetic resonance imaging ('MRI'), particularly when imaging three-dimensional image volumes, using a simultaneous time-interleaved multislice ('STIMS') acquisition are described. The unused time in each repetition time (“TR”) period is exploited to provide an additional reduction in encoding time for a three-dimensional acquisition (e.g., a 3D whole brain coverage). Groups of spatially interleaved slices are excited in a single TR, with the excitation and acquisition of the groups of slices being interleaved in time.