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Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012

Filed:

Apr. 15, 2009
Applicants:

Jeffrey L. Duerk, Avon Lake, OH (US);

Jeffrey L. Sunshine, Pepper Pike, OH (US);

Mark A. Griswold, Shaker Heights, OH (US);

Jamal J. Derakhshan, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey L. Duerk, Avon Lake, OH (US);

Jeffrey L. Sunshine, Pepper Pike, OH (US);

Mark A. Griswold, Shaker Heights, OH (US);

Jamal J. Derakhshan, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Systems methods, and other embodiments associated with acquiring intersecting TrueFISP images using grouped reverse centric phase encoding are described. One example method includes controlling an MRI apparatus to produce a TrueFISP sequence that delays acquisition of the center of k-space to reduce saturation banding artifacts. The example method also includes controlling the MRI apparatus to produce a TrueFISP sequence that reduces eddy current artifacts by grouping (e.g., pairing) lines in k-space. The method concludes by acquiring NMR signal in response to the TrueFISP sequence.


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