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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2025
Filed:
May. 31, 2021
Consejo Superior DE Investigaciones Científicas (Csic), Madrid, ES;
Universitat Politécnica DE València, Valencia, ES;
Fernando Galve Conde, Valencia, ES;
José Miguel Algarín Guisado, Valencia, ES;
José Borreguero Morata, Valencia, ES;
José María Benlloch Baviera, Valencia, ES;
Joseba Alonso Otamendi, Valencia, ES;
CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS (CSIC), Madrid, ES;
UNIVERSITAT POLITÉCNICA DE VALENCIA, Valencia, ES;
Abstract
A novel radio frequency sequence, suitable for performing Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of 2-dimensional (2D) slices of samples exhibiting short magnetization coherence times (i.e., hard tissues). The SS-ZTE pulse sequence contains the following steps: a) magnetizing all spins in the sample from a longitudinal direction to the transverse plane; b) exciting the 2D slice of interest, which comprises the selective locking of said 2D sample slice magnetization while spoiling the magnetization in the rest of sample volume; c) making the magnetization of the selected 2D slice impervious to reconfigurations of the magnetic field gradients from slice selection to encoding and readout; d) reading out of the free induction decay signal of the sample; e) repeating steps (a-d) with different readout directions, so as to gather a corresponding number of radial spokes of the plane defined by the 2D sample slice.