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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2021
Promaxo, Inc., Oakland, CA (US);
Muller Francis De Matos Gomes, Hayward, CA (US);
Aleksandar Nacev, San Francisco, CA (US);
Promaxo, Inc., Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
Single-sided MRI apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed. A method can include transmitting a frequency sweep excitation pulse comprising a low-to-high frequency sweep; phase encoding during the frequency sweep excitation pulse; and tuning the amount of phase accumulated during the frequency sweep excitation pulse from adjacent slices in the slab. The frequency sweep excitation pulse can be a chirp pulse. Encoding in this way can prevent spin echoes from drifting and prevent k-space truncation in certain instances. Moreover, the resultant images can be combined more efficiently.