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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022

Filed:

Aug. 04, 2020
Applicant:

Max-planck-gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Wissenschaften E. V., Munich, DE;

Inventors:

Klaus Scheffler, Tuebingen, DE;

Jonas Bause, Tuebingen, DE;

Alexander Loktyushin, Tuebingen, DE;

Kai Buckenmaier, Moessingen, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/36 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); G01R 33/56 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/3671 (2013.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); G01R 33/5608 (2013.01); A61B 5/0042 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of magnetic resonance tomography includes arranging an object in a static magnetic field, subjecting it to radiofrequency (RF) pulses and magnetic field gradients for creating spatial encoding of magnetic resonance signals, acquiring the signals with at least two RF receive coils, each with a self-resonance frequency and a spatially restricted sensitivity profile, and reconstructing an object image. Spatial encoding of the signals by the gradients and the profiles is utilized, wherein the profile of at least one of the coils is subjected to a temporal sensitivity profile modulation while acquiring the signal. The self-resonance frequency of the at least one coil is set within a predetermined receive bandwidth of a constant resonance frequency value during the modulation. The reconstructing further utilizes the modulation for obtaining additional spatial information to the spatial encoding of the signals by the gradients. Furthermore, an MRI device is described.


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