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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2011
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);
Sherif G. Nour, Highland Heights, OH (US);
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);
Sherif G. Nour, Highland Heights, OH (US);
Other;
Abstract
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with controlling a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus to perform a balanced steady state free precession (bSSFP) technique that includes magnetization preparation with differentiated velocity encoding and spoiling residual transverse magnetization are described. The example systems, methods, and other embodiments are also associated with acquiring a dark blood image in response to the bSSFP technique. A dark blood image is one in which NMR signal acquired from an object subjected to the bSSFP technique and magnetization preparation includes NMR signal from flowing spins and NMR signal from non-flowing spins in a desired ratio.