Patent ID: 11857306
Assignee: UNM RAINFOREST INNOVATIONS
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 1:
2. A system for concurrently providing Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging (MRSI) of water and metabolite signals and functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) of a brain, the system comprising an MRI scanner and an electronic processor communicatively coupled to the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner and configured to perform operations comprising:
performing, using the MRI scanner, an MRSI data acquisition with a water suppression module, wherein a water readout module is inserted into the water suppression module, whereby MRSI data and fMRI data are acquired concurrently in a single scan;
reconstructing a water MRSI image of the brain based on the water readout module;
reconstructing an fMRI image of the brain based on the water readout module;
outputting the water MRSI image; and
outputting the fMRI image.