Patent ID: 7952356

Claim:
A magnetic resonance (MRI) apparatus comprising: an MRI system having a plurality of gradient coils positioned about a bore of a magnet, and an RF transceiver system and an RF switch controlled by a pulse module to transmit RF signals to an RF coil assembly to acquire MR images; and non-transitory computer readable medium have stored thereon a program that causes a computer to: acquire a plurality of three-dimensional (3D) MR data sets, S n (ν 0,n RT , kx, ky, kz), wherein each 3D MR data set is acquired using a central transmit and receive frequency, ν 0 RT , set to an offset frequency value that is distinct for each 3D MR data set, and where kx is a readout dimension, and where ky and kz are phase-encoding dimensions; and simultaneously generate a composite image and a magnetic field map based on the plurality of 3D MR data sets.