Patent ID: 9625540
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: G01R

Claim:
1. A method for controlling a magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus performing a magnetic resonance fingerprinting (MRF) procedure on a patient, the method comprising: selecting an acoustic waveform; configuring a series of MRF acquisition blocks as a function of the acoustic waveform, wherein at least one member of the series of variable sequence blocks differs from at least one other member of the series of variable sequence blocks in at least N sequence block parameters, N being an integer greater than one; and producing a selected sound in the MR apparatus by causing the MR apparatus to apply one or more gradients and one or more radio frequency (RF) pulses according to the MRF acquisition block as part of the MRF procedure, where the selected sound is audible to the patient, where the MRF acquisition block includes one or more excitation phases, one or more readout phases, and one or more waiting phases, where the MRF acquisition block is one of a series of variable MRF acquisition blocks that are part of the MRF procedure, and where at least one member of the series of variable MRF acquisition blocks differs from at least one other member of the series of variable MRF acquisition blocks in one or more sequence block parameters.