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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2012
Timothy J. Carroll, Chicago, IL (US);
Michael Hurley, Chicago, IL (US);
Parmede Vakil, Chicago, IL (US);
Rajiv Menon, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Sumeeth Vijay Jonathan, Manalapan, NJ (US);
Renee Qian, Palatine, IL (US);
Sameer Ansari, Chicago, IL (US);
Timothy J. Carroll, Chicago, IL (US);
Michael Hurley, Chicago, IL (US);
Parmede Vakil, Chicago, IL (US);
Rajiv Menon, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Sumeeth Vijay Jonathan, Manalapan, NJ (US);
Renee Qian, Palatine, IL (US);
Sameer Ansari, Chicago, IL (US);
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
Abstract
In one aspect of the disclosure, an MRI-based system includes an MRI scanner having a first axis and a first plane perpendicular to the first axis, a pulse sequence module configured to provide a 3D pulse sequence to the MRI scanner, and a control module configured to instruct the MRI scanner to conduct radial k-space samples having N second planes that each are perpendicular to the first plane and through which the first axis passes, N being an integer greater than 1. The 3D pulse sequence instructs the MRI scanner to a radio-frequency (RF) pulse, conduct a gradient readout in the first plane, and conduct a gradient readout in one of the N second planes.