Artifact reduction in steady-state free precession imaging

Details Artifact reduction in steady-state free precession imaging Artifact reduction in steady-state free precession imaging

2007-05-04

2008-10-21

Arana, Louis M (Department: 2831)

Electricity: measuring and testing

Particle precession resonance

Using a nuclear resonance spectrometer system

C324S307000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07439740

ABSTRACT:
A method of reducing artifacts in steady-state free precession (SSFP) signals for use in magnetic resonance imaging is provided. A plurality of SSFP imaging sequences is applied to an object. An imaging data for each of the SSFP imaging sequences is acquired. The imaging data is combined using a weighted combination where weights depend on a control parameter that adjusts a trade-off between banding artifact reduction and signal to noise ratio (SNR).

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