Patent ID: 9159145
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: G01R,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of at least a portion of a body of a patient placed in an examination volume of a MR device, the method comprising the steps of: subjecting the portion of the body to a first imaging sequence for acquiring a first signal data set limited to a central portion of k-space, wherein magnetic resonance is excited by means of radio frequency (RF) pulses having a large flip angle (α subjecting the portion of the body to a second imaging sequence for acquiring a second signal data set limited to the central portion of k-space, wherein magnetic resonance is excited by means of RF pulses having a small flip angle (α subjecting the portion of the body to a third imaging sequence for acquiring a third signal data set at least from a peripheral portion of k-space, wherein magnetic resonance is excited by means of RF pulses having an intermediate flip angle (α reconstructing a first MR image from a combination of the first signal data set and the third signal data set; reconstructing a second MR image from a combination of the second signal data set and the third signal data set.