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US 12,105,170 · App. 17/989,315 · Granted Oct 1, 2024

Magnetic resonance imaging system and method, and computer-readable storage medium

Inventors: Lei Gao (Beijing, CN); Yongchuan Lai (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
G01R33/4818G01R33/385
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Patent No.
US 12,105,170
App. No.
17/989,315
Granted
Oct 1, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A magnetic resonance imaging method, a magnetic resonance imaging system, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The magnetic resonance imaging method comprises: acquiring a plurality of portions of a k-space by using a plurality of sets of imaging sequences to obtain a plurality of k-space data sets, each set of imaging sequences comprising a pre-dephasing gradient pulse and a plurality of phase encoding gradients applied after the pre-dephasing gradient pulse, wherein the pre-dephasing gradient pulses in the plurality of sets of imaging sequences have a standard area difference in order when sorted according to the sizes of area values, and the standard area difference is 2/N of the area of any phase encoding gradient, where N is the number of sets of the plurality of sets of imaging sequences; respectively reconstructing a magnetic resonance image from each of the plurality of k-space data sets; and processing the plurality of k-space data sets to obtain a magnetic resonance image.

Claims (26)

1. A for generating an image of an object with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, the method comprising:

acquiring by the MRI system a plurality of portions of a k-space by using a plurality of sets of imaging sequences to obtain a plurality of k-space data sets, each set of imaging sequences comprising a pre-dephasing gradient pulse and a plurality of phase encoding gradients applied after the pre-dephasing gradient pulse, wherein the pre-dephasing gradient pulses in the plurality of sets of imaging sequences have a standard area difference in order when sorted according to the sizes of area values, and the standard area difference is 2/N of the area of any phase encoding gradient, where N is the number of sets of the plurality of sets of imaging sequences;

processing by the MRI system the plurality of k-space data sets to obtain the image of the object; and

displaying the image of the object on a display.

2. A for generating an image of an object with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, the method comprising:

acquiring by the MRI system a plurality of portions of a k-space by using a plurality of sets of imaging sequences to obtain a plurality of k-space data sets, each set of imaging sequences comprising an echo-planar imaging sequence and a preparation sequence applied before the echo-planar imaging sequence, wherein echoes of the plurality of k-space data sets have a standard phase offset in order when sorted according to phase values, and the standard phase offset is 2π/N, where N is the number of the k-space data sets;

processing by the MRI system the plurality of k-space data sets to obtain the image of the object; and

displaying the image of the object on a display.

3. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, comprising:

a gradient coil, configured to generate an encoding gradient;

a radio-frequency (RF) coil, configured to generate an RF pulse; and

a processor connected to the gradient coil and the RF coil, configured to:

instruct the gradient coil and the RF coil to generate a plurality of sets of imaging sequences to acquire a plurality of portions of a k-space and obtain a plurality of k-space data sets, each set of imaging sequences comprising a pre-dephasing gradient pulse and a plurality of phase encoding gradients applied after the pre-dephasing gradient pulse, wherein the pre-dephasing gradient pulses in the plurality of sets of imaging sequences have a standard area difference in order when sorted according to the sizes of area values, and the standard area difference is 2/N of the area of any phase encoding gradient, where N is the number of sets of the plurality of sets of imaging sequences;

obtain a magnetic resonance image on the basis of the plurality of k-space data sets; and

display the magnetic resonance image on a display.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the number of sets of the plurality of sets of imaging sequences is greater than two.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the step of processing the plurality of k-space data sets comprises: processing the plurality of k-space data sets on the basis of a multiplexed sensitivity encoding algorithm.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the step of processing the plurality of k-space data sets comprises:

separately de-accelerating the plurality of k-space data sets to obtain a plurality of phase maps;

obtaining a corrected coil sensitivity map on the basis of the plurality of phase maps; and

obtaining the image of the object on the basis of the corrected coil sensitivity map and the plurality of k-space data sets.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein each set of imaging sequences further comprises a radio-frequency excitation pulse, a radio-frequency refocusing pulse, and a diffusion gradient pulse, the diffusion gradient pulse comprises a phase shifting gradient pulse and a re-phasing gradient pulse, the phase shifting gradient pulse and the re-phasing gradient pulse are applied symmetrically before and after the radio-frequency refocusing pulse respectively, and the pre-dephasing gradient pulse is applied after the re-phasing gradient pulse.

8. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the number of the k-space data sets is greater than two.

9. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the preparation sequence comprises a spin echo sequence, a gradient echo sequence, a diffusion weighting sequence, or a spin echo-diffusion weighting sequence.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, comprising a stored computer program, wherein the magnetic resonance imaging method according to claim 1 is performed when the computer program is run.

11. The system according to claim 3 , wherein echoes of the plurality of k-space data sets have a standard phase offset in order when sorted according to phase values, and the standard phase offset is 2π/N, where N is the number of the k-space data sets.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 17, 2022
From: GAO, LEI; LAI, YONGCHUAN
To: GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC
Reel/Frame 061814/0126 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202111448883.9 · Nov 30, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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