Patent ID: 8581582

Claim:
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system comprising an MRI gantry and controlling computer system including at least one programmed computer configured to: effect a cardiac-triggered time-SLIP (spatial labeling inversion pulse) MRI data acquisition sequence for imaging blood perfusion in imaged patient tissue and employing embedded therewithin an MRI sequence, which MRI sequence is selectively positioned in the time domain so as to encompass at least part of a predetermined cardiac time interval of that particular patient's cardiac cycle; process acquired data from the time-SLIP data acquisition sequence to generate a sequence of MRI images having respectively associated different effective BBTI (black blood time to inversion) time intervals; process a plurality of the acquired MR images to generate blood perfusion information of said imaged patient tissue; and output said blood perfusion information to at least one of (a) a display, (b) a remote system or (c) a non-transitory storage medium.