Spread spectrum MRI

Details Spread spectrum MRI Spread spectrum MRI

1997-07-24

1999-12-07

Lateef, Marvin M.

Surgery

Diagnostic testing

Detecting nuclear, electromagnetic, or ultrasonic radiation

324307, 324309, 324312, A61B 5055

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059998385

ABSTRACT:
A method for acquiring data from voxels in a contour of tissue includes positioning the tissue in a magnetic field. For the present method, a z-gradient is imposed on the contour tissue to spread the spectrum of all of the voxels over a same range of Larmor frequencies. Additionally, voxels in the contour tissue are selectively encoded with different x-gradients and y-gradients to distinguish the various voxels from each other. In the presence of the z-gradient, nuclei of the encoded voxel are tilted and then refocused at a rate proportional to the z-gradient. Due to this refocusing, spin echo signals are generated which are useful for acquiring data from the tissue. The intravoxel z-gradient used for the present invention is the same for all voxels and is greater than either the x-gradient or the y-gradient which are used for encoding. The z-gradient may be substantially constant. Importantly, the z-gradient is sufficiently extensive to spread the spectrum of the spin echo signals for suppression of exogenous noise and make the signals immune to static field perturbations.

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