Patent ID: 9078589
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: A61B,G01R

Abstract:
1. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system providing an MR image of an imaging region of an object when disposed in an imaging volume, the system comprising: static and gradient magnetic field generators, at least one radio frequency (RE) coil coupled to an imaging volume and to an RE transmitter and an RE receiver; at least one computer processor connected with a program instruction store containing executable instructions which, when executed by said processor, control said gradient magnetic field generators and said RE transmitter and receiver to effect: application of a plurality of divided off-resonance pulses to said imaging region, each of the divided off-resonance pulses having a same flip angle and having a center frequency shifted from the MR frequency of free water; acquisition of an MR signal from the imaging region after applying the plurality of divided off-resonance pulses; and production of an MR image using the acquired MR signal.