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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2005
Yi Wang, New York, NY (US);
Pascal Spincemaille, New York, NY (US);
Thanh D. Nguyen, New York, NY (US);
Yi Wang, New York, NY (US);
Pascal Spincemaille, New York, NY (US);
Thanh D. Nguyen, New York, NY (US);
Other;
Abstract
Methods of acquiring magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data for angiography. The present invention includes novel magnetization preparation schemes where the navigator and fat saturation pulses are executed in steady state after the preparatory pulses in order to minimize the delay between the magnetization preparation and the image echoes. The present invention also provides for improved methods of contrast-enhanced MRI where data are collected along non-linear trajectories through k-space and may also involve novel view ordering. In addition, the present methods employ novel motion corrections that minimize motion artifacts. The present invention further provides novel methods of self-calibrated sensitivity-encoded parallel imaging that allow for accurate and rapid scanning of subjects.