MRI and method using multi-slice imaging
AssigneeAllegheny-Singer Research Institute
InventorMark Doyle
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Abstract
An MRI for a patient includes an imaging coil for sparsely sampling multiple slices of k-space data across a spatial dimension and a temporal dimension to produce associated signals. The MRI includes a receiving coil which receives the associated signals of the multiple slices. The MRI includes a memory in which the associated signals of the multiple slices are stored. The MRI includes a processing unit which processes the associated signals of the multiple slices altogether at essentially a same time to produce an image of the patient. A method of using an MRI for a patient. A method of using an MRI for a patient's heart.
Claims21
A method of using an MRI for a patient comprising the steps of:
- sparsely sampling multiple slices of k-space data across a spatial dimension and a temporal dimension with imaging coils to produce associated signals;
- receiving with a receiving coil the associated signals of the multiple slices;
- storing the associated signals of the multiple slices in a memory;
- and
- processing with a processing unit the associated signals of the multiple slices altogether at essentially a same time to produce an image of the patient.
An MRI for a patient comprising:
- imaging coils for sparsely sampling multiple slices of k-space data across a spatial dimension and a temporal dimension to produce associated signals;
- a receiving coil which receives the associated signals of the multiple slices;
- a memory in which the associated signals of the multiple slices are stored;
- and
- a processing unit which processes the associated signals of the multiple slices altogether at essentially a same time to produce an image of the patient.
A method of using an MRI for a patient's heart comprising the steps of:
- sparsely sampling multiple slices of k-space data of the heart across a spatial dimension and a temporal dimension with imaging coils to produce associated signals;
- receiving with a receiving coil the associated signals of the multiple slices;
- storing the associated signals of the multiple slices in a memory;
- and
- processing with a processing unit the associated signals of the multiple slices altogether at essentially a same time to produce an image of the patient.
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