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Inflow MR angiography with spatially variable flip angles
Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc
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Filing: 1991-10-18
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Granted: 1994-04-26
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Expires: 2011-10-18
Abstract
Abstract In a 3-D magnetic resonance flow imaging apparatus, the RF excitation field is applied so as to produce a spatial variation of the nuclear spin flip angle within the imaging volume. The spatial variation results in nuclear spins at the volume entrance plane experiencing a relatively small flip angle, and experiencing progressively larger flip angles as they progress into the volume.
Inventors
- 👤 Gerhard Laub
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 00:08
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01R; G01R33/00; G01R33/20; G01R33/44; G01R33/48; G01R33/54; G01R33/56; G01R33/563
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
146 words
In a method of magnetic resonance imaging a paramagnetic material as it flows through an imaging volume, said method including the steps of: generating and applying a static magnetic field and gradient magnetic fields to the imaging volume, successively generating and applying an RF magnetic field to said imaging volume so as to exciting gyromagnetic spins in the imagining volume, detecting magnetic resonance signals emanating from the volume as a result of said RF excitation, and implementing an image-reproducing computation on the detected signals so as to develop an image, a modification of said step of successively generating an applying said RF magnetic field, comprising: generating and applying said RF magnetic field so as to locally vary the strength of said RF excitation within said imaging volume, wherein said RF excitation results in an relatively linear increase in flip angle for material flowing through said volume.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
146 words
In a method of magnetic resonance imaging a paramagnetic material as it flows through an imaging volume, said method including the steps of: generating and applying a static magnetic field and gradient magnetic fields to the imaging volume, successively generating and applying an RF magnetic field to said imaging volume so as to exciting gyromagnetic spins in the imagining volume, detecting magnetic resonance signals emanating from the volume as a result of said RF excitation, and implementing an image-reproducing computation on the detected signals so as to develop an image, a modification of said step of successively generating an applying said RF magnetic field, comprising: generating and applying said RF magnetic field so as to locally vary the strength of said RF excitation within said imaging volume, wherein said RF excitation results in an relatively linear increase in flip angle for material flowing through said volume.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
126 words
A magnetic resonance imaging a paramagnetic material as it flows through an imagining volume, said imaging apparatus including: means for generating and applying a static magnetic field and gradient fields to the imaging volume; means for successively generating and applying to said volume an asymmetrical RF magnetic field, so as to impart an relatively linearly increasing flip angle to gyromagnetic spins of the paramagnetic material as it flows through the imaging volume, said flip angle resulting in an approximately linear increase in flip angle for material flowing through said volume; means for detecting magnetic resonance signals emanating from the volume as a result of said applied RF magnetic field; and means for implementing an image-reproducing computation on the detected signals so as to develop an image.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
126 words
A magnetic resonance imaging a paramagnetic material as it flows through an imagining volume, said imaging apparatus including: means for generating and applying a static magnetic field and gradient fields to the imaging volume; means for successively generating and applying to said volume an asymmetrical RF magnetic field, so as to impart an relatively linearly increasing flip angle to gyromagnetic spins of the paramagnetic material as it flows through the imaging volume, said flip angle resulting in an approximately linear increase in flip angle for material flowing through said volume; means for detecting magnetic resonance signals emanating from the volume as a result of said applied RF magnetic field; and means for implementing an image-reproducing computation on the detected signals so as to develop an image.
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