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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2021
Endeavor Health Clinical Operations, Evanston, IL (US);
Robert R. Edelman, Highland Park, IL (US);
Ioannis Koktzoglou, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Endeavor Health Clinical Operations, Evanston, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for generating magnetic resonance (MR) images of a subject includes performing, using a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, a steady-state pulse sequence to acquire MR data from a region of interest in the subject. The steady-state pulse sequence includes a contrast-modifying (CM) radio frequency (RF) pulse applied periodically at a predetermined time interval followed by a gradient spoiler pulse. The CM RF pulse has a flip angle with a value determined based on a minimum Ernst angle for a set of one or more background tissues in the region of interest that the CM RF pulse is configured to suppress with respect to a tissue of interest. The method further includes generating an image with Ti contrast based on the acquired MR data.