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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2007
Daniel A. Herzka, Rockville, MD (US);
John A. Derbyshire, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Daniel A. Herzka, Rockville, MD (US);
John A. Derbyshire, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
In an imaging method, periodic maintenance radio frequency pulses (α, −α) are applied to maintain a steady state magnetic resonance excitation in an imaging region. Readout () of imaging data from the imaging region is performed during selected intervals between maintenance radio frequency pulses. A spatially selective blood signal suppression sequence (') is performed during selected other intervals between maintenance radio frequency pulses. The blood signal suppression sequence suppresses a blood signal in a suppression region different from the imaging region. The blood signal suppression sequence has substantially no zero the moment applied magnetic field gradient.