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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2022
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Mark Bydder, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Benjamin M. Ellingson, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Jingwen Yao, Los Angeles, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for generating magnetic resonance (MR) images of a kidney region or a brain of a subject using multinuclear magnetic resonance imaging MRI includes performing, using an MRI system, an Na-nuclei pulse sequence module to acquire a portion of a first set of MR data from the kidney or brain region of the subject and performing, using the MRI system, an H-nuclei pulse sequence module to acquire a portion of a second set of MR data from the kidney or brain region of the subject. The Na-nuclei pulse sequence module and the H-nuclei pulse sequence module may be repeated in an interleaved manner until acquisition of the first set of MR data and the second set of MR data are complete. The method further includes generating at least one Na-based image using the first set of MR data, generating at least one H-based image using the second set of MR data and displaying one or more of the at least one Na-based image and the at least one H-based image on a display.