Patent ID: 11874358
Assignee: WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 20:
21. A method for controlling a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, the method comprising:
performing a gradient echo pulse sequence that includes a phase increment of an RF pulse of the gradient echo pulse sequence selected to encode diffusion information into a phase of MR signals;
controlling the plurality of gradient coils and the RF system to acquire the MR signals as MR data;
processing the MR data to determine MR signals corresponding to diffusion in the subject when acquiring the MR signals; and
generating at least one of an image or a map of the subject indicating the diffusion in the subject from the MR data; and
wherein the MR data corresponding to a first of the multiple repetitions includes a fast imaging with steady-state precession (FISP) echo (S1+) and a second of the multiple repetitions includes a time reversed fast imaging with steady state precession (PSIF) echo (S1−).