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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yiping Du, Towson, MD (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600413 ; 324307 ; 324309 ;
Abstract
NMR data required to reconstruct an image is divided into central k-space views and peripheral k-space views. NMR navigator signals are acquired during a scan to indicate patient respiration and a first gating signal is produced when respiration is within a narrow acquisition window and a second gating signal is produced when respiration is within a wider acquisition window. Central k-space views are acquired when the first gating signal is produced and peripheral k-space views are acquired when the second gating signal is produced.