Patent ID: 7514927
Filing Date: 2009-04-07
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. A magnetic resonance imaging method comprising: performing time domain multiplexed readouts for a plurality of steady spin state slices, each readout acquiring magnetic resonance data corresponding to one of the steady spin state slices, the plurality of slices including first and second orthogonal slices, and the performing of time domain multiplexed readouts including applying a magnetic field gradient in a first direction to phase encode the steady spin state of the first slice and applying a magnetic field gradient in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction to phase encode the steady spin state of the second slice; interleaving radio frequency excitation pulses with the time domain multiplexed readouts to maintain the steady spin states of the slices; and reconstructing the acquired magnetic resonance data to produce reconstructed images corresponding to the plurality of slices.