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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
May. 23, 2013
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Wei Sun, Waukesha, WI (US);
Gaohong G. Wu, Waukesha, WI (US);
Jason Andrew Polzin, Waukesha, WI (US);
Ajit Shankaranarayanan, San Mateo, CA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for reducing acoustic noise in a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) are provided. One method includes applying a labeling phase of an arterial spin labeling (ASL) pulse sequence to a region of interest, applying a three-dimensional (3D) radial pulse sequence to the region of interest to generate a tag image, applying a control phase of the ASL pulse sequence to the region of interest, and applying the 3D radial pulse sequence to the region of interest to generate a control image.