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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 1987
Filed:
Jul. 17, 1985
Andrew A Maudsley, New York, NY (US);
Advanced NMR Systems, Inc., Woburn, MA (US);
Abstract
In order to increase the efficiency with which NMR information is received, the peak amplitude of the received NMR signal is reduced. This reduction is obtained by varying the phase of the nuclear spin systems which produce the NMR signal. The phase variation may be obtained by applying a spatially inhomogeneous rf pulse. It may alternatively be obtained by applying a tailored rf pulse having either an amplitude spectrum or a phase spectrum which varies with frequency. It may alternatively be obtained by applying gradient pulses. The phase variation may be produced at one or more of several times during the data acquisition. In addition to reducing the peak amplitude of the NMR signal, the phase variation results in reduced noise from an FFT performed during processing.