Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Detecting nuclear – electromagnetic – or ultrasonic radiation
Patent
1997-04-10
1999-04-06
Lateef, Marvin M.
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Detecting nuclear, electromagnetic, or ultrasonic radiation
324306, 324307, 324309, A61B 5055
Patent
active
058910328
ABSTRACT:
A method for performing motion-compensated spectral-spatial selective magnetic resonance imaging. The method includes applying a radio frequency (RF) spectral-spatial excitation pulse sequence to a region of a body. The excitation sequence includes a binomial pulse train including at least two sub-pulses. The binomial pulse train also provides spectrally selective excitation of a selected resonance frequency at the predetermined field strength. The method also includes applying to the same body region an oscillating slice selection gradient so that each sub-pulse of the binomial pulse train is applied during portions of the oscillating gradient having the same polarity. The oscillating gradient further includes at least one extra gradient switch added to the end of the oscillating gradient for providing a balanced gradient for inherently motion-compensated slice selection. The method can be applied for performing motion-compensated spectral spatial selective magnetic resonance angiography by using a binomial pulse train having sub-pulse envelopes which are optimized for providing slice variable tip angle producing a spatially varying slice excitation profile for a predetermined range of blood flow velocities and slab widths and a predetermined magnetic field strength. The spatially varying slice excitation profile can be a non-linearly increasing slice excitation profile. The methods provides an improved dynamic range of the MRI images and improved small vessel visualization in angiography.
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