Electricity: measuring and testing – Particle precession resonance – Using a nuclear resonance spectrometer system
Patent
1996-12-18
1999-06-01
Arana, Louis
Electricity: measuring and testing
Particle precession resonance
Using a nuclear resonance spectrometer system
324307, G01N 300
Patent
active
059091193
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for obtaining three MRI image data in a single data acquisition TR interval for use in constructing separate water and fat images by appropriate processing of the three images data is disclosed. The three image data are obtained in one exemplary embodiment by sandwiching a spin echo between two field echoes. The invention can also be used for multiple-echo and multiple-slice 3D scans.
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Chang Hsu
Goldhaber David M.
Kramer David M.
Yao Ching
Zhang Weiguo
Arana Louis
Toshiba America MRI Inc.
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