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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2013
Ning Jin, Powell, OH (US);
Debiao LI, South Pasedena, CA (US);
Qi Liu, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Sven Zuehlsdorff, Westmont, IL (US);
Ning Jin, Powell, OH (US);
Debiao Li, South Pasedena, CA (US);
Qi Liu, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Sven Zuehlsdorff, Westmont, IL (US);
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
An MR imaging system uses multiple RF coils, for reducing image acquisition time, suitable for chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) imaging. Multiple RF (Radio Frequency) coils provide CEST imaging preparation in an anatomical volume by providing multiple interleaved RF pulses. The multiple interleaved RF pulses provide substantially increased RF pulse sequence duty cycle in the multiple RF coils relative to a duty cycle provided by a single coil of the multiple RF coils. The multiple RF coils subsequently provide RF excitation pulses in a reduced anatomical volume using k-space undersampling in an accelerated imaging method using the multiple RF coils and enable subsequent acquisition of associated RF echo data for deriving a CEST image.