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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2009
Zhiqiang LI, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Ken-pin Hwang, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Ajeetkumar Gaddipati, Waukesha, WI (US);
Xiaoli Zhao, New Berlin, WI (US);
Zhiqiang Li, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Ken-Pin Hwang, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Ajeetkumar Gaddipati, Waukesha, WI (US);
Xiaoli Zhao, New Berlin, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method of MR imaging is disclosed. The apparatus and method comprises segmenting acquisition of an echo train into separate odd and even acquisition blades in k-space, wherein the odd and even acquisition blades extend orthogonally through a common reference point in a central region of k-space. A segment of MR data is acquired using a quadratic phase modulation scheme, wherein a first set of MR echo signals occurring after odd-numbered RF refocusing pulses are stored in the odd acquisition blade, and a second set of MR echo signals occurring after even-numbered RF refocusing pulses are stored in the even acquisition blade. This acquisition and segmentation is repeated until a sufficient number of blades are acquired to fill k-space. Finally, an image is reconstructed from the acquisition blades.