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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2002
Applicants:
Kenji Asano, Tokyo, JP;
Susumu Kosugi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kenji Asano, Tokyo, JP;
Susumu Kosugi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V003/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
To reduce artifacts caused by sudden change of a phase encode amount, data Hj, Mj, and Lj having a large phase encode amount are collected, and then, when collecting data C, C, and Chaving a small phase encode amount, a buffer pulse sequence having an intermediate phase encode amount (+9) or (+49) is inserted one or more times between both.