Patent ID: 9009016
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. A method for measuring the cerebral perfusion in a brain of a living organism by means of magnetic resonance (=“MR”) imaging, the method comprising the steps of: a) measuring a change in an MR signal during passage of a contrast medium bolus in a measurement volume in the brain of the living organism; b) acquiring, in a slice that is pervaded by an artery that supplies blood to the brain, further MR signals to determine a temporal progression of a concentration of the contrast medium during the bolus passage in the artery; c) applying, during step b), a magnetic field gradient in such a way that projection images of the slice are generated; and d) irradiating, in each time interval between excitations of the further MR signals, at least one radio-frequency (=“RF”) pulse that causes saturation of nuclear spin magnetization in the slice.