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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2010
Timo Liimatainen, Kuopio, FI;
Michael G. Garwood, Medina, MN (US);
Dennis J. Sorce, Cockeysville, MD (US);
Shalom Michaeli, St. Paul, MN (US);
Timo Liimatainen, Kuopio, FI;
Michael G. Garwood, Medina, MN (US);
Dennis J. Sorce, Cockeysville, MD (US);
Shalom Michaeli, St. Paul, MN (US);
Regents of the University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A system includes a signal generator and a processor. The signal generator is configured to couple with a magnetic resonance transmitter coil. The processor is configured to execute instructions to control the signal generator. The instructions include forming a sequence of waveforms. The sequence is configured to generate spin relaxation in a fictitious field in a third rotating frame of reference based on at least one magnetic field component that arises based on an effective field in a second rotating frame of reference. The third rotating frame of reference is of a higher order than the second rotating frame of reference and the second rotating frame of reference is of a higher order than the first rotating frame of reference.