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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2013
Universitatsspital Basel, Basel, CH;
Rahel Heule, Basel, CH;
Oliver Bieri, Liestal, CH;
UNIVERSITATSSPITAL BASEL, Basel, CH;
Abstract
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) method for the quantification of the longitudinal (T) and/or transverse (T) relaxation times in a sample. According to the MRI method, a sample is subjected to an unbalanced steady state free precession (SSFP) sequence comprising a series of consecutive radiofrequency (RF) pulses. By means of the unbalanced SSFP sequence, a first order SSFP FID signal (F), a lowest order SSFP FID signal (F), and a lowest order SSFP Echo signal (F) are acquired. Based on the F-signal, the F-signal and the F-signal, the longitudinal (T) and/or transverse (T) relaxation times of the sample are determined.