Patent Document ID: 5581181
Application ID: 08362620
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. Method for magnetic resonance imaging of at least a portion of a body placed in a stationary and substantially homogeneous main magnetic field, the method comprising applying an excitation RF-pulse for excitation of nuclear dipole moments in said portion of the body, followed by switching a magnetic field read gradient to form a plurality of lobes of alternate positive and negative polarity, for generating magnetic resonance signals in the excited portion during the respective lobes, and simultaneously measuring signal samples of said magnetic resonance signals, and further applying magnetic field phase-encoding gradient pulses such that said each magnetic resonance signal is formed with a respective constant phase encoding value, and for substantially all phase encoding values at least two magnetic resonance signals are formed and measured during lobes of both polarities of the magnetic field read gradient and at at least two substantially different time intervals from the excitation RF-pulse, said acquired samples being used for the reconstruction of an image of said body.