EP1188072A4 - Method and apparatus for parallel data acquisition from a mri coil array - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for parallel data acquisition from a mri coil array

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EP1188072A4
EP1188072A4 EP00937692A EP00937692A EP1188072A4 EP 1188072 A4 EP1188072 A4 EP 1188072A4 EP 00937692 A EP00937692 A EP 00937692A EP 00937692 A EP00937692 A EP 00937692A EP 1188072 A4 EP1188072 A4 EP 1188072A4
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data acquisition
parallel data
coil array
mri coil
array
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Walid E Kyriakos
Daniel F Kacher
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01R—MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES
    • G01R33/00—Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables
    • G01R33/20—Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables involving magnetic resonance
    • G01R33/28—Details of apparatus provided for in groups G01R33/44 - G01R33/64
    • G01R33/32—Excitation or detection systems, e.g. using radio frequency signals
    • G01R33/34—Constructional details, e.g. resonators, specially adapted to MR
    • G01R33/341—Constructional details, e.g. resonators, specially adapted to MR comprising surface coils
    • G01R33/3415—Constructional details, e.g. resonators, specially adapted to MR comprising surface coils comprising arrays of sub-coils, i.e. phased-array coils with flexible receiver channels
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01R—MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES
    • G01R33/00—Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables
    • G01R33/20—Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables involving magnetic resonance
    • G01R33/44—Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables involving magnetic resonance using nuclear magnetic resonance [NMR]
    • G01R33/48—NMR imaging systems
    • G01R33/54—Signal processing systems, e.g. using pulse sequences ; Generation or control of pulse sequences; Operator console
    • G01R33/56—Image enhancement or correction, e.g. subtraction or averaging techniques, e.g. improvement of signal-to-noise ratio and resolution
    • G01R33/561—Image enhancement or correction, e.g. subtraction or averaging techniques, e.g. improvement of signal-to-noise ratio and resolution by reduction of the scanning time, i.e. fast acquiring systems, e.g. using echo-planar pulse sequences
    • G01R33/5611—Parallel magnetic resonance imaging, e.g. sensitivity encoding [SENSE], simultaneous acquisition of spatial harmonics [SMASH], unaliasing by Fourier encoding of the overlaps using the temporal dimension [UNFOLD], k-t-broad-use linear acquisition speed-up technique [k-t-BLAST], k-t-SENSE

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  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
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  • Nuclear Medicine, Radiotherapy & Molecular Imaging (AREA)
  • Radiology & Medical Imaging (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • High Energy & Nuclear Physics (AREA)
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging Apparatus (AREA)

Abstract

Magnetic resonance data is acquired in parallel by an array of separate RF coils (2, 4, 6) arranged circumferentially around the imaging subject. The apparatus and method operate on the basis of determining an estimate of the sensitivity profile of each coil in the array.
EP00937692A 1999-05-24 2000-05-23 Method and apparatus for parallel data acquisition from a mri coil array Withdrawn EP1188072A4 (en)

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EP09166628A EP2133714A1 (en) 1999-05-24 2000-05-23 Method and apparatus for parallel data acquisition from an MRI coil array

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PCT/US2000/014171 WO2000072050A1 (en) 1999-05-24 2000-05-23 Method and apparatus for parallel data acquisition from a mri coil array

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WO2000072050A1 (en) 2000-11-30
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