Magnetic resonance imaging using bessel functions

Details Magnetic resonance imaging using bessel functions Magnetic resonance imaging using bessel functions

2007-01-02

2007-01-02

Shrivastav, Brij (Department: 2859)

Electricity: measuring and testing

Particle precession resonance

Using a nuclear resonance spectrometer system

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10314999

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus to increase the effectiveness of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) device by increasing the signal-to-noise ratio, allowing thinner slice thicknesses, and allowing more contiguous slices. In an MRI device, a patient is subjected to a constant magnetic field, and then RF pulses are used to excite the atoms in the body of the patient. The atoms release a corresponding RF signal when the atoms relax, which can be measured and mapped into a visual display. The RF pulses used to excite the atoms in the body of the patient use a modified Bessel function. The Bessel function having an approximately rectangular waveform in the frequency domain increases the signal-to-noise ratio, allows thinner slice thicknesses, and allows more contiguous slices, resulting in a better MR image and a more efficient MRI apparatus.

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