Method for Multispectral Magnetic Resonance Imaging
AssigneeSiemens Healthineers AG
InventorMathias Nittka
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to multispectral magnetic resonance imaging which includes capturing raw data at raw data points of a raw data space of a plurality of three-dimensional spectral volumes, said spectral volumes each differing at least in their frequency range used for excitation, the raw data comprising a plurality of raw data sets, in each case a raw data set is in each case to be assigned to a spectral volume, each raw data set comprises raw data of a raw data space corresponding to a sampling pattern, and the sampling patterns for raw data sets of in each case two spectrally adjacent spectral volumes are different from one another; and providing the raw data comprising the plurality of raw data sets.
Claims14
A method for multispectral magnetic resonance imaging, comprising:
- capturing raw data at raw data points of a raw data space associated with a plurality of three-dimensional (3D) spectral volumes,
- wherein each one of the plurality of 3D spectral volumes differs at least in a frequency range used for excitation,
- wherein the raw data comprises a plurality of raw data sets, each one of the plurality of raw data sets being assigned to a respective spectral volume of the plurality of 3D spectral volumes,
- wherein each one of the plurality of raw data sets corresponds to a respective one of a plurality of sampling patterns, and
- wherein ones of the plurality of sampling patterns associated with raw data sets of two spectrally adjacent spectral volumes are different from one another;
- and
- providing the raw data comprising the plurality of raw data sets.
A magnetic resonance device, comprising:
- a receiving area configured to receive an object under examination;
- and
- control circuitry configured to perform multispectral magnetic resonance imaging by:
- capturing raw data at raw data points of a raw data space associated with a plurality of three-dimensional (3D) spectral volumes,
- wherein each one of the plurality of 3D spectral volumes differs at least in a frequency range used for excitation,
- wherein the raw data comprises a plurality of raw data sets, each one of the plurality of raw data sets being assigned to a respective spectral volume of the plurality of 3D spectral volumes,
- wherein each one of the plurality of raw data sets corresponds to a respective one of a plurality of sampling patterns, and
- wherein ones of the plurality of sampling patterns associated with raw data sets of two spectrally adjacent spectral volumes are different from one another;
- and
- providing the raw data comprising the plurality of raw data sets.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by control circuitry of a magnetic resonance imaging device, cause the magnetic resonance imaging device to perform multispectral magnetic resonance imaging by:
- capturing raw data at raw data points of a raw data space associated with a plurality of three-dimensional (3D) spectral volumes,
- wherein each one of the plurality of 3D spectral volumes differs at least in a frequency range used for excitation,
- wherein the raw data comprises a plurality of raw data sets, each one of the plurality of raw data sets being assigned to a respective spectral volume of the plurality of 3D spectral volumes,
- wherein each one of the plurality of raw data sets corresponds to a respective one of a plurality of sampling patterns, and
- wherein ones of the plurality of sampling patterns associated with raw data sets of two spectrally adjacent spectral volumes are different from one another;
- and
- providing the raw data comprising the plurality of raw data sets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.