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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2010
Dan Xu, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Jian Zhang, Rockville, MD (US);
Richard Scott Hinks, Waukesha, WI (US);
Kevin F. King, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Dan Xu, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Jian Zhang, Rockville, MD (US);
Richard Scott Hinks, Waukesha, WI (US);
Kevin F. King, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method is disclosed for eliminating localized fluctuation artifacts caused by fat signal contamination in MR images, the system includes a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system having a plurality of gradient coils positioned about a bore of a magnet, and an RF transceiver system and an RF switch controlled by a pulse module to transmit RF signals to an RF coil assembly to acquire MR images, and a computer programmed to apply a spectral-spatial fat saturation pulse, apply a slice selection gradient pulse, acquire imaging data of an imaging slice of interest, and generate an image.