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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016

Filed:

Aug. 07, 2012
Applicants:

Dawei Gui, Sussex, WI (US);

Ajeetkumar Gaddipati, Waukesha, WI (US);

Xiaoli Zhao, New Berlin, WI (US);

Shaorong Chang, Waukesha, WI (US);

Zhiqiang LI, Tempe, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Dawei Gui, Sussex, WI (US);

Ajeetkumar Gaddipati, Waukesha, WI (US);

Xiaoli Zhao, New Berlin, WI (US);

Shaorong Chang, Waukesha, WI (US);

Zhiqiang Li, Tempe, AZ (US);

Assignee:

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/48 (2006.01); G01R 33/565 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/4824 (2013.01); G01R 33/56509 (2013.01);
Abstract

In an embodiment, a method includes performing a magnetic resonance (MR) data acquisition sequence including the acquisition of a plurality of blades of k-space data rotated about a section of k-space. The k-space data is representative of gyromagnetic material within a subject of interest, and each blade includes a plurality of encode lines defining a width of the respective blade. The acquisition of each blade includes receiving MR signal from echoes in two or more separate echo trains to fill at least a portion of the plurality of encode lines, and the echo trains are separated by an excitation pulse.


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