MRI method for reducing artifacts using RF pulse at offset frequency
First Claim
1. A method for producing an image of a desired spin species with a magnetic resonance imaging system, the image having reduced artifacts due to B0 field inhomogeneities due to magnetic susceptibility effects, the method comprising:
- a) performing a preparatory stage of an MR pulse sequence with the MRI system in which a non-selective RF preparatory pulse is produced having a bandwidth centered at a selected frequency which is offset from a nominal Larmor frequency of the desired spin species being imaged to increase a spectral coverage of the non-selective RF preparatory pulse over a non-selective RF preparatory pulse having a bandwidth centered at the nominal Larmor frequency, and a time period (TI) elapses during which longitudinal spin magnetization recovers; and
b) performing an imaging stage of the MR pulse sequence when the TI elapses in which an RF excitation pulse is generated to produce transverse spin magnetization of the desired spin species, and in which a set of NMR signals are acquired that sample k-space; and
c) reconstructing an image using the acquired NMR signals.
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Abstract
A method for magnetic resonance imaging includes performing a preparatory stage of a MR pulse sequence with an MRI system in which a non-selective RF preparatory pulse is used having a bandwidth such that any spin species having corresponding Larmor frequencies within that bandwidth are affected and the bandwidth is centered at a selected frequency which is offset from a nominal Larmor frequency of the desired spin species being imaged. A time period (TI) elapses during which longitudinal spin magnetization recovers; and then an imaging stage is performed in which an RF excitation pulse is generated to produce transverse spin magnetization of the desired spin species, and in which a set of NMR signals are acquired. An image is reconstructed using the acquired set of NMR signals, and the reconstructed image has reduced artifacts due to B0 field inhomogeneities caused by magnetic susceptibility effects.
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1. A method for producing an image of a desired spin species with a magnetic resonance imaging system, the image having reduced artifacts due to B0 field inhomogeneities due to magnetic susceptibility effects, the method comprising:
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a) performing a preparatory stage of an MR pulse sequence with the MRI system in which a non-selective RF preparatory pulse is produced having a bandwidth centered at a selected frequency which is offset from a nominal Larmor frequency of the desired spin species being imaged to increase a spectral coverage of the non-selective RF preparatory pulse over a non-selective RF preparatory pulse having a bandwidth centered at the nominal Larmor frequency, and a time period (TI) elapses during which longitudinal spin magnetization recovers; and b) performing an imaging stage of the MR pulse sequence when the TI elapses in which an RF excitation pulse is generated to produce transverse spin magnetization of the desired spin species, and in which a set of NMR signals are acquired that sample k-space; and c) reconstructing an image using the acquired NMR signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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