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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2012
Baolian Yang, Highland Heights, OH (US);
David Leslie Foxall, Mentor, OH (US);
Baolian Yang, Highland Heights, OH (US);
David Leslie Foxall, Mentor, OH (US);
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A magnetic resonance (MR) generating a static (BO) magnetic field of 5 Tesla or higher controller is configured to control an MR scanner to perform an MR sequence () including: performing an excitation/localization sub-sequence () on a subject disposed in the static (BO) magnetic field generated by the MR scanner to excite 1H polarization in a selected spatial region of the subject; performinga polarization transfer sub-sequence () to transfer localized 1H polarization generated by the excitation/localization sub-sequence to a selected species of non-proton nuclei; and performing a magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) readout sub-sequence () to acquire MRS data for the selected species of non-proton nuclei in the selected spatial region of the subject. The polarization transfer sub-sequence includes a pair of phasedistortion canceling trapezoidal 180° refocusing pulses () operating on the selected species of non-proton nuclei.