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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 02, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eiji Yoshitome, Hino, JP;
Yoshikazu Ikezaki, Hino, JP;
Assignee:
GE Yokogawa Medical Systems, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1286532 ; 324307 ; 324309 ;
Abstract
A data collection method for MR angiography, wherein the scans resulting in spin warp values are assigned into groups of two or more consecutive acquisitions and each group is averaged two or more times for each heart beat period, whereby data collection time is reduced concurrently with suppression of motion artifacts, all without use of additional hardware.