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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2015
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Dominik Paul, Bubenreuth, DE;
Benjamin Schmitt, Naremburn, AU;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
In a method and apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging, in order to improve saturation of magnetic resonance signals during an acquisition sequence, the acquisition sequence includes at least one acquisition cycle, that includes: a preparation pulse set with a number of preparation pulses, a saturation pulse set that is disjoint from the preparation pulse set, with a number of saturation pulses, and a readout block set with a number of readout blocks. The acquisition cycle is temporally divided into a preparation phase and a readout phase, wherein the readout phase is temporally delimited from the preparation phase, and the readout phase follows the preparation phase in the acquisition cycle, and wherein the preparation phase includes at least one preparation pulse of the preparation pulse set, at least one saturation pulse of the saturation pulse set and no readout block of the readout block set, and the readout phase includes at least one saturation pulse of the saturation pulse set and at least one readout block of the readout block set.