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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2000
Christopher K. Anand, Chesterland, OH (US);
Michael R. Thompson, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Dee H. Wu, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A subject is disposed in an imaging region ( ) of a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus. An operator designates a steady-state imaging sequence and a sequence controller ( ) coordinates a gradient field controller ( ) and an RF pulse controller ( ) to generate the desired sequence. The gradient controller applies gradients that define a closed trajectory through k-space that starts at an origin point and follows a closed path to an end point. An analyzer ( ) analyzes data sampled at the beginning and end points. A gradient offset processor ( ) signals the sequence controller to apply additional gradients until the analyzer determines that the end point coincides with the origin point. A scaling circuit ( ) scales data sampled between the origin and end points for various anomalies in the steady-state magnetization, reconstructing scaled data into at least one image representation.