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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2009
Candice A. Bookwalter, University Heights, OH (US);
Jeffrey L Sunshine, Pepper Pike, OH (US);
Jeffrey L Duerk, Avon Lake, OH (US);
Candice A. Bookwalter, University Heights, OH (US);
Jeffrey L Sunshine, Pepper Pike, OH (US);
Jeffrey L Duerk, Avon Lake, OH (US);
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
This application is directed to methods for chemical species signal suppression in magnetic resonance imaging procedures, where Dixon techniques are enhanced by continuously sampling techniques. K-space data is acquired during a period of read gradient associated with a gradient echo pulse acquisition scheme. A total sampling time (TST) acquisition is employed during the read gradient, using three echoes of a TST data set to achieve chemical species separation in both homogeneous fields as well as areas of field inhomogeneity.