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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2018
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Elwin De Weerdt, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A bridge member containing MR responsive material is provided in an open space between body parts to establish a correspondence between the body parts. The MR responsive material generates magnetic resonance signals in response the RF excitation, so that between the separate body parts via the bridge member magnetic resonance signal are obtained from positions between which there is at most a limited spatial variation of the main magnetic field, so that phase ambiguities between the signals from these positions are avoided. Thus, chemical shift separation, notably water-fat separation though a region-of-interest containing several (both) body parts may rely on a smoothness condition imposed on the spatial distribution of the main magnetic field. This avoids artefacts, such as water-fat swaps when separating water and fat contributions in the reconstructed magnetic resonance image.