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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2005
Applicant:
Anthony T. VU, Waukesha, WI (US);
Inventor:
Anthony T. Vu, Waukesha, WI (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An MR imaging apparatus is presented and includes a plurality of gradient coils positioned about a bore of a magnet to impress a polarizing magnetic field. An RF transceiver system and an RF switch are controlled by a pulse module to transmit and receive RF signals to and from an RF coil assembly to acquire MR images. The MR imaging apparatus also includes a computer programmed to apply a 3D imaging sequence and acquire MR data using a segmented acquisition. The computer is further programmed to reconstruct an image from the MR data that is substantially free of eddy current induced artifacts.