Patent ID: 8030919
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: controlling a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus to apply, to an object to be imaged, one or more of, magnetic fields, and radio frequency (RF) pulses, where the magnetic fields and RF pulses are associated with dark blood balanced steady state free precession (DBbSSFP) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), controlling the MRI apparatus to acquire an image in response to the DBbSSFP imaging, where nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) signal received from the object to be imaged includes NMR signal from flowing spins and NMR signal from non-flowing spins, where the NMR signal from flowing spins appears in a desired ratio with respect to NMR signal from non-flowing spins.