Patent Document ID: 9041393
Application ID: 12509022
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of processing a set of a number of x magnetic resonance (MR) slices, into a displayable form comprising: in a pre-pulse-only stage, using only one slice-selective pre-pulse, wherein the one slice-selective pre-pulse in the pre-pulse-only stage is used in order to saturate or invert a spin magnetization of a single first slice n within the set of the number of x MR slices; and in an acquisition stage, using a slice-selective, multi-echo acquisition of a second slice m within the set of the number of x MR slices, the single second slice m being different from the single first slice n; wherein each of the pre-pulse-only and acquisition stages are interleaved, in a computer as part of an MR sequence, wherein n and m are integers in a range of 1. .. x, and the MR sequence is repeated, in order to account for the set number of the x MR slices, whereby a delay between the pre-pulse only processing stage and the acquisition stage of each particular slice is varied and an echo time of each particular slice is varied, resulting in a plurality of displayable MR images with different respective image contrasts, varying echo times, and varying delays from the processed set number of x MR slices.