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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2010
Filed:
May. 04, 2007
Applicants:
Scott B. Reeder, Middleton, WI (US);
Reed Busse, Madison, WI (US);
Jean H. Brittain, Middleton, WI (US);
Inventors:
Scott B. Reeder, Middleton, WI (US);
Reed Busse, Madison, WI (US);
Jean H. Brittain, Middleton, WI (US);
Assignee:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A preparatory pulse sequence is applied prior to an imaging pulse sequence during a diffusion-weighted MRI scan. The preparatory pulse sequence diffusion weights the longitudinal magnetization using a gradient waveform that is first moment nulled to reduce image artifacts caused by patient motion.