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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2012
Applicant:
Stc.unm, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Inventor:
Stefan Posse, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Assignee:
STC.UNM, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/5608 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and methods for high-speed functional magnetic resonance imaging using multi-slab echo-volumar imaging (EVI), specifically a combination of multi-slab excitation and single-shot 3D encoding with parallel imaging to reduce geometrical image distortion and blurring, and to increase blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) sensitivity compared to conventional echo-planar imaging (EPI).