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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2009
Christian Stehning, Hamburg, DE;
Jurgen Erwin Rahmer, Hamburg, DE;
Stefanie Remmele, Hamburg, DE;
Ulrike Blume, Hamburg, DE;
Tobias Richard Schaeffter, London, GB;
Christian Stehning, Hamburg, DE;
Jurgen Erwin Rahmer, Hamburg, DE;
Stefanie Remmele, Hamburg, DE;
Ulrike Blume, Hamburg, DE;
Tobias Richard Schaeffter, London, GB;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A magnetic resonance system comprises a magnetic resonance scanner () including a main magnet () generating a static magnetic field biasing nuclear spins toward aligning along a direction of the static magnetic field, magnetic field gradient coils (), a radio frequency coil (), and a controller () configured to: (a) drive the radio frequency coil to selectively tip spins predominantly of short T2* out of the direction of the static magnetic field; (b) drive at least one of the magnetic field gradient coils and the radio frequency coil to dephase said spins predominantly of short T2* tipped out of the direction of the static magnetic field; and (c) drive the magnetic field gradient coils and the radio frequency coil to acquire magnetic resonance data that is predominantly T2* weighted due to preceding operations (a) and (b).