Patent ID: 8378679

Claim:
A system for processing an MR dataset to provide an MR signal generated by a group of protons having substantially the same proton spin precession angle, comprising: a computation processor for determining phase angles of RF pulses for use in acquiring MR signal data of a desired coherence pathway, in response to predetermined data, predetermined information and at least one phase equation, said predetermined data indicating a number of coherence pathways in a plurality of MR datasets to be acquired, said number of coherence pathways representing a corresponding number of groups of protons having substantially the same proton spin precession angle, said predetermined information indicating different types of MR signals present in said plurality of MR datasets to be acquired and said at least one phase equation being selected in response to a corresponding at least one type of said types of MR signals present in said MR datasets to be acquired; an RF signal generator for generating RF pulses for acquiring a plurality of MR datasets including said MR signal data of said desired coherence pathway using the determined phase angles; and an MR imaging device for performing a plurality of MR scans to acquire said plurality of MR datasets including said MR signal data using the generated RF pulses.