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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2010
Lorne Wyatt Hofstetter, Latham, NY (US);
Thomas Kwok-fah Foo, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Cynthia Elizabeth Landberg Davis, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Desmond Teck Beng Yeo, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Lorne Wyatt Hofstetter, Latham, NY (US);
Thomas Kwok-Fah Foo, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Cynthia Elizabeth Landberg Davis, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Desmond Teck Beng Yeo, Clifton Park, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a method for a multi-echo acquisition technique capable of obtaining separate water only and fat only images in anatomies having large time-varying phase disturbances. This multi-echo technique is also useful in anatomies where magnetic field inhomogeneity is significant. Also provided is a system, which is capable of producing a reconstructed complex water image whose phase component maintains the temperature dependent phase information. Similarly, the reconstructed fat image maintains the phase information pertaining to the time-varying phase disturbances.