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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2009
Kay Nehrke, Hamburg, DE;
Peter Boernert, Hamburg, DE;
Tobias Ratko Voigt, Hamburg, DE;
Ulrich Katscher, Hamburg, DE;
Kay Nehrke, Hamburg, DE;
Peter Boernert, Hamburg, DE;
Tobias Ratko Voigt, Hamburg, DE;
Ulrich Katscher, Hamburg, DE;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A magnetic resonance method includes performing a plurality of magnetic resonance excitation operations each using a different sub-set of a set of radio frequency transmit coils (), each sub-set including more than one radio frequency transmit coil, acquiring magnetic resonance data responsive to each said magnetic resonance excitation operation, and computing a B1 or flip angle map for each radio frequency transmit coil of the set of radio frequency transmit coils based on the acquired magnetic resonance data. A magnetic resonance method includes performing an actual flip angle mapping (AFI) sequence using a radio frequency transmit coil () with a ratio TR:TRof the TR times of the AFI sequence selected to be rational, acquiring magnetic resonance data responsive to said AFI sequence, and computing a B1 or flip angle map for the radio frequency transmit coil based on the acquired magnetic resonance data.