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Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017

Filed:

May. 23, 2013
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Wei Sun, Waukesha, WI (US);

Gaohong G. Wu, Waukesha, WI (US);

Jason Andrew Polzin, Waukesha, WI (US);

Ajit Shankaranarayanan, San Mateo, CA (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/385 (2006.01); G01R 33/563 (2006.01); G01R 33/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/3854 (2013.01); G01R 33/4826 (2013.01); G01R 33/5635 (2013.01); G01R 33/56366 (2013.01);
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.


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