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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2021
Synaptive Medical Inc., Toronto, CA;
Abstract
A fat saturation method for a magnetic resonance imaging system having a main magnet providing a magnetic field BThe method includes: driving a shim coil assembly with a first set of shimming currents to sufficiently alter a Bfield inhomogeneity of the magnetic field Bwithin a region that includes a first imaging volume of interest such that water saturation inside the region is reduced from before the first set of shimming currents are applied; applying a fat saturation pulse to the region; identifying the first imaging volume of interest from the region; driving the shim coil assembly with a second set of shimming currents to alter the Bfield inhomogeneity of the magnetic field Bwithin the first imaging volume of interest such that the Bfield inhomogeneity within the first imaging volume of interest is reduced; and obtaining magnetic resonance signals from the first imaging volume of interest.