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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2011
Liesbeth Geerts-ossevoort, Veldhoven, NL;
Frederik Visser, Houten, NL;
Liesbeth Geerts-Ossevoort, Veldhoven, NL;
Frederik Visser, Houten, NL;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method of MR imaging of at least a portion of a body () of a patient placed in an examination volume of a MR device (). The method comprises the steps of: -subjecting the portion of the body () to a first imaging sequence for acquiring a first signal data set () from a central portion of k-space, wherein magnetic resonance is excited by means of RF pulses having a large flip angle (α); -subjecting the portion of the body () to a second imaging sequence for acquiring a second signal data set () from the central portion of k-space, wherein magnetic resonance is excited by means of RF pulses having a small flip angle (α); -subjecting the portion of the body () to a third imaging sequence for acquiring a third signal data set () at least from a peripheral portion of k-space, wherein magnetic resonance is excited by means of RF pulses having an intermediate flip angle (α); -reconstructing a first MR image () from a combination of the first signal data set () and the third signal data set () and -reconstructing a second MR image () from a combination of the second signal data set () and the third signal data set ().