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MAGNETIC RESONANCE DEVICE

  • US 20120049845A1
  • Filed: 02/03/2010
  • Published: 03/01/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A magnetic resonance device comprising a static magnetic field generating means for generating a static magnetic field, a radio frequency magnetic field transmitting means for irradiating a radio frequency magnetic field on an object placed in the static magnetic field, a radio frequency magnetic field receiving means for receiving nuclear magnetic resonance signals from the object, a gradient magnetic field adding means for spatially modulating the nuclear magnetic resonance signals from the object, a control means for controlling operations of the radio frequency magnetic field transmitting means, the gradient magnetic field adding means, and the radio frequency magnetic field receiving means, and a data processing means for calculating diffusion spectroscopic imaging data of the object by using the nuclear magnetic resonance signals received by the radio frequency magnetic field receiving means, wherein:

  • the control means comprises;

    a radio frequency magnetic field pulse adding means for making the radio frequency magnetic field transmitting means add a radio frequency magnetic field pulse for inducing a nuclear magnetic resonance phenomenon in the object,a diffusion gradient adding means for, after the addition of the radio frequency magnetic field pulse, making the gradient magnetic field adding means add a diffusion gradient, anda nuclear magnetic resonance signal acquisition means for making the radio frequency magnetic field receiving means acquire nuclear magnetic resonance signals with making the gradient magnetic field adding means add an oscillating gradient, after the addition of the diffusion gradient,a shot consisting of a series of operations of the radio frequency magnetic field pulse adding means, the diffusion gradient adding means, and the nuclear magnetic resonance signal acquisition means is repeated with changing time intervals from the addition of the radio frequency magnetic field pulse to start of the addition of the oscillating gradient and start of the acquisition of the nuclear magnetic resonance signals, andthe data processing means comprises;

    a phase variation calculating means for calculating phase variation for each position in the real space for every shot,a phase correction means for correcting phase of each of the nuclear magnetic resonance signals of the shot at a position by using the phase variation calculated above for the position in the real space for every shot, anda diffusion SI calculating means for calculating diffusion spectroscopic imaging data from the nuclear magnetic resonance signals after the phase correction.

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