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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1996
Marc Kouwenhoven, Eindhoven, NL;
Johannes J Van Vaals, Eindhoven, NL;
Lennart Hofland, Eindhoven, NL;
Rudolf W De Boer, Eindhoven, NL;
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An off-resonance magnetization transfer contrast (MTC) RF-pulse (54, 64) is used in magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) to suppress the signal of various stationary tissues, such as brain tissue while avoiding significant suppression of signal from blood flowing in a general direction of blood flow into a slice being imaged. Application of a magnetic gradient (55, 65, 85) during the MTC RF-pulse (54, 64) directed in the general direction of blood flow increases the magnetization frequency offset (86) relative to the center frequency of the MTC RF-pulse for points within and feeding blood to the slice. The MTC RF-pulse thus causes only a small signal reduction of the blood flowing into the slice in the general direction of blood flow while producing a saturation of any blood flowing into the slice in the opposite direction. Consequently, both time and RF-power needed for a separate presaturation pulse can now be used for the MTC RF-pulse.
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