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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2011
Rolf Feodor Schulte, Freising, DE;
Laura Irene Sacolick, Munich, DE;
William Allyn Grissom, Nashville, TN (US);
Pekka Tapani Sipilä, Munich, DE;
Rolf Feodor Schulte, Freising, DE;
Laura Irene Sacolick, Munich, DE;
William Allyn Grissom, Nashville, TN (US);
Pekka Tapani Sipilä, Munich, DE;
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of B1 field mapping relating to Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is given. In the method, RF and gradients are applied to excite and select a linear projection through a volume of interest; a radio frequency pulse sequence is transmitted to impart B1 dependent phase to the linear projection, following which a one dimensional spatial encoding signal is acquired along the linear projection; Subsequently a B1 field map based on the one dimensional spatial encoding signal is reconstructed.