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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2012
Scott Brian Reeder, Middleton, WI (US);
Nathan Samuel Artz, Madison, WI (US);
Scott Brian Reeder, Middleton, WI (US);
Nathan Samuel Artz, Madison, WI (US);
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION, Madison, WI (US);
Abstract
A system and method for acquiring spectrally-resolved three-dimensional data with a magnetic resonance imaging ('MRI') system without frequency-encoding gradients are provided. An MRI system is directed to produce a radio frequency ('RF') pulse that rotates net magnetization about an axis, after which a first phase-encoding gradient is established along a first direction, a second phase-encoding gradient is established along a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction, and a third phase-encoding gradient is established along a third direction that is orthogonal to the first and second directions. Spectrally-resolved data are acquired at a point in k-space that is defined by the first, second, and third phase-encoding gradients, and is acquired by sampling a magnetic resonance signal at a plurality of time points during a period of time in which no magnetic field gradients are established by the MRI system.