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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2010
Kevin M. Koch, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Kevin F. King, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Graeme C. Mckinnon, Hartland, WI (US);
Brian Hargreaves, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Kevin M. Koch, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Kevin F. King, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Graeme C. McKinnon, Hartland, WI (US);
Brian Hargreaves, Menlo Park, CA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Standford, Jr. University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for multi-spectral MR imaging near metal include a computer programmed to calculate an MR pulse sequence comprising a plurality of RF pulses configured to excite spins in an imaging object and comprising a plurality of volume selection gradients and determine a plurality of distinct offset frequency values. For each respective determined offset frequency value, the computer is programmed to execute the MR pulse sequence having a central transmit frequency and a central receive frequency of the MR pulse sequence set to the respective determined offset frequency value. The computer is also programmed to acquire a three-dimensional (3D) MR data set for each MR pulse sequence execution and generate a composite image based on data from each of the acquired 3D MR data sets.