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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2007
Huanzhou Yu, Mountain View, CA (US);
Charles A. Mckenzie, London, CA;
Jean H. Brittain, Middleton, WI (US);
Norbert J. Pelc, Los Altos, CA (US);
Scott B. Reeder, Middleton, WI (US);
Huanzhou Yu, Mountain View, CA (US);
Charles A. McKenzie, London, CA;
Jean H. Brittain, Middleton, WI (US);
Norbert J. Pelc, Los Altos, CA (US);
Scott B. Reeder, Middleton, WI (US);
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for generating dynamic magnetic resonance images is provided. A cyclical magnetic resonance imaging excitation is applied for a plurality of cycles at a cycle rate. A plurality of magnetic resonance image echoes is acquired for each cycle. A plurality of frames of images is generated from the acquired plurality of magnetic resonance echoes at a frame rate that is at least twice the cycle rate, wherein each frame of the plurality of frames is generated from a plurality of echoes and wherein some of the plurality of frames are generated from magnetic resonance image echoes of adjacent cycles.