Patent Document ID: 9008753
Application ID: 13509273
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for use in conducting cardiac magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, which allows for reconstruction of T 1 maps, cine images and inversion recovery (IR) prepared images from one single raw data set, wherein the method comprises the following steps: a) acquisition of raw data from a cardiac tissue by use of an electrocardiogram (ECG) triggered, segmented, inversion recovery (IR)-prepared Look-Locker type pulse sequence for data acquisition, wherein the pulse sequence encompasses more than one shot, wherein each shot comprises: i) an ECG-triggered inversion pulse; ii) continuous steady-state free precession (SSFP) cine data acquisition of radial segmented profiles over more than one cardiac cycle (RR-interval) for a predefined acquisition duration AD; and iii) a relaxation duration RD, during which no data is acquired; b) retrospective gating of the raw data by sorting the acquired raw data for each RR-interval into a pre-determined number of heart phases by definition of specific time windows within the RR-intervals and sampling of raw data acquired during the time windows respectively; c) reconstructing images, wherein the retrospectively gated raw data is used for reconstruction and wherein the reconstructed images are T 1 maps, cine images and/or IR-prepared images.