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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2009
Mark Doyle, Wexford, PA (US);
Mark Doyle, Wexford, PA (US);
Allegheny-Singer Research Institute, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
An MRI includes imaging coils. The MRI includes receiving coils. The MRI includes a controller causing the imaging coils to produce RF pulses at every repetition time so different parts of a patient are receiving excitation by RF pulses at different rates and k space data are acquired at each repetition time by the receiving coils to form images of the patient with the k space data. A method for an MRI includes the steps of causing with a controller imaging coils to produce RF pulses at every repetition time so different parts of a patient are receiving excitation by RF pulses at different rates. There is the step of acquiring k space data at each repetition time by receiving coils. There is the step of forming images of the patient with the k space data using approaches such as Fourier transformation or filtered back projection.