Patent ID: 6566876
Filing Date: 2003-05-20
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
Imaging multi-slice nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) method for recording N slices (N>1) from a volume under investigation in a measuring object, wherein for complete image reconstruction recording in m individual steps (m>1) is carried out wherein the recording of each recording step of each slice is carried out within a time period TA, the method comprising the step of:carrying out the recording in r repetition cycles (r>m) and during each of these repetition cycles, data from p slices (Pwherein for recording the complete data set of m*N recording steps, a number of repetition cycles is r=m*N/P, wherein possible steps which remain due to the non-divisibility of m*N by P are attached or ignored; wherein spatial encoding during each repetition step can vary from slice to slice as long as all m spatial encoding steps are recorded for each slice after r repetitions; and and wherein also the position of the P slices can be different within the investigation volume defined by the total number N of slices to be recorded as long as the data for reconstruction of N slices within the investigation volume is complete after termination of the recording.