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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2020
Applicant:
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/44 (2006.01); G01R 33/48 (2006.01); G01R 33/561 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/445 (2013.01); G01R 33/4806 (2013.01); G01R 33/5613 (2013.01); G01R 33/5614 (2013.01); G01R 33/5616 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a method for controlling a magnetic resonance imaging system as part of functional magnetic resonance imaging, a main magnetic field B0 is provided having a field strength of at most 1.4 tesla at a main field magnet system () of the magnetic resonance imaging system (); and a measurement is performed as part of functional magnetic resonance imaging, wherein a measurement sequence (MS) is applied that has a longer echo time TE (e.g. longer than 100 ms).