Patent ID: 7966053
Filing Date: 2011-06-21
Classification: A61B,G01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for performing spectroscopy using an interleaved readout for at least two species, comprising of: a) applying a B b) applying a first spatial-spectral (SPSP) position resolved spectroscopy sequence (PRESS) excitation with a sufficiently narrow band to excite a first species without exciting a second species; c) performing a first readout that measures the first species; d) applying a second SPSP PRESS excitation with a sufficiently narrow band to excite the second species without exciting the first species; e) performing a second readout that measures the second species; and f) generating a spectroscopic output for a portion of k-space from the first readout and the second readout, wherein steps b-e are performed a plurality of times so that the first SPSP PRESS excitation is interleaved with the second SPSP PRESS excitation.