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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1996
Weiguo Zhang, Foster City, CA (US);
David M Kramer, Tiburon, CA (US);
David M Goldhaber, Berkeley, CA (US);
Ching Yao, San Carlos, CA (US);
Hsu Chang, Fremont, CA (US);
Toshiba America MRI, Inc., Tustin, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for obtaining three MRI image data in a single data acquisition TR interval for use in constructing separate water and fat images by appropriate processing of the three images data is disclosed. The three image data are obtained in one exemplary embodiment by sandwiching a spin echo between two field echoes. The invention can also be used for multiple-echo and multiple-slice 3D scans.
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