Patent ID: 8791699

Claim:
A method of obtaining one or more magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images on a computerized system having a processor and non-transitory computer medium and operatively connected to an MRI scanner, the method comprising: providing arterial spin labeling (ASL) labeling; following the providing ASL labeling operation, obtaining at least one ASL acquisition using the MRI scanner; and following the obtaining ASL labeling operation, obtaining at least one blood-oxygen-level dependence functional magnetic resonance imaging (BOLD-fMRI) acquisition using the MRI scanner, wherein the ASL acquisition and the functional magnetic resonance imaging (BOLD-fMRI) acquisition are obtained concurrently in the same acquisition sequence; generating one or more MRI images based, at least in part, on the least one ASL acquisition and the leas one BOLD-fMRI acquisition displaying the one or more MRI images on a display.