Patent ID: 9335393
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: G01R

Claim Text:
1. An MR imaging system using a plurality of RF coils, for reducing image acquisition time, suitable for chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) imaging, comprising: a plurality of RF (Radio Frequency) coils, providing CEST imaging preparation in an anatomical volume by providing a corresponding plurality of interleaved RF excitation pulses, said plurality of interleaved RF excitation pulses providing substantially increased RF excitation pulse sequence duty cycle in said plurality of RF coils relative to a duty cycle provided by a single coil of said plurality of RF coils and subsequently providing RF excitation pulses in a reduced anatomical volume using k-space undersampling and inner volume imaging in an accelerated imaging method using the plurality of RF coils and enabling subsequent acquisition of associated RF echo data for deriving a CEST image.