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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2020
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Adam Kettinger, Bayern, DE;
Mario Zeller, Erlangen, DE;
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for an improved acquisition of measurement data of an object under examination by means of a magnetic resonance system using a simultaneous multi-slice (SMS) method in which magnetic resonance signals are acquired in at least two slice groups from different slices of the object under examination. The slices contained in a slice group are detected simultaneously in an acquisition of MR signals, which includes the generation of one multiband RF pulse for each slice group. A multiband RF pulse is used to simultaneously manipulate spins of the slices contained in each respective slice group such that the signal intensity profiles of the multiband RF pulses differ from one another. By virtue of the multiband RF pulses being generated according to these techniques, step changes in the signal intensity of the produced image data can be prevented.