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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2009
Andre Van Der Kouwe, Woburn, MA (US);
Thomas Benner, Cambridge, MA (US);
Andre van der Kouwe, Woburn, MA (US);
Thomas Benner, Cambridge, MA (US);
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for producing MR images in which bone and soft tissue are identified. The method includes applying a pulse sequence that includes a first stage configured to acquire a radially-encoded FID and radially-encoded echoes performed after a non-selective RF excitation pulse and before a second stage, which is configured to acquire additional echoes. The radially-encoded MR data acquired during the first stage is substantially representative of bone, while the MR data acquired during the second stage is substantially representative of soft tissues. MR images in which bone and soft tissue are identified are reconstructed from these MR data sets.