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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2013
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
University of Washington, Seattle, WA (US);
Jinnan Wang, Seattle, WA (US);
Huijun Chen, Seattle, WA (US);
Peter Boernert, Hamburg, DE;
Chun Yuan, Belluvue, WA (US);
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
University of Washington, Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A magnetic resonance system (), and corresponding method, image a subject using a conversion-free interleaved black and bright blood imaging (cfIBBI) sequence. A MR scanner () is controlled to perform a plurality of repetitions of a black blood imaging sequence (). The black blood imaging sequence () includes a tissue nulling sub-sequence followed by a black blood acquisition sub-sequence () performed a time interval (TI) after the tissue nulling sub-sequence. The MR scanner () is further controlled to, between successive repetitions of the black blood imaging sequence (), perform a bright blood imaging sequence () including the tissue nulling sub-sequence followed by a bright blood acquisition sub-sequence () performed the time interval (TI) after the tissue nulling sub-sequence. The time intervals (TI) of the black blood imaging sequence () and the bright blood imaging sequence () are of the same duration.