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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2014
Applicants:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Board of Regents, the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Ken-Pin Hwang, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Zachary William Slavens, New Berlin, WI (US);
Ersin Bayram, Houston, TX (US);
Kang Wang, Madison, WI (US);
Daniel Litwiller, Rochester, MN (US);
Jingfei Ma, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/48 (2006.01); G01R 33/561 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/4828 (2013.01); G01R 33/5616 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method that includes obtaining an MRI gradient echo train of at least three echo data sets at differing phase angles; producing a plurality of phase error maps among the at least three echo data sets; and imaging at least three distinct chemical species based on the plurality of phase error maps.