Patent ID: 8723517

Claim:
A method of performing a magnetic resonance imaging sequence, on an imaging system via magnetic resonance system control circuitry, comprising: in a 2-dimensional ultra-short echo time pulse sequence, determining a desired slice select thickness; determining a radiofrequency slice select pulse shape and duration based upon the desired slice select thickness while maintaining a desired relationship between excitation k space and radiofrequency amplitude; determining a radiofrequency scaling of the radiofrequency slice select pulse based on the determined radiofrequency pulse shape and duration in order to obtain data from gyromagnetic material within the desired slice select thickness; and subsequently performing a magnetic resonance frequency imaging process based upon the radiofrequency scaling, with the magnetic resonance imaging process comprising performing one or more 2-dimensional ultra-short echo time magnetic resonance slice select pulse sequences in which the radiofrequency slice select pulse itself determines slice select thickness.