US Patent:
20120220858, Aug 30, 2012
Inventors:
Timothy J. Carroll - Chicago IL, US
Michael Hurley - Chicago IL, US
Parmede Vakil - Chicago IL, US
Rajiv Menon - Schaumburg IL, US
Sumeeth Vijay Jonathan - Manalapan NJ, US
Renee Qian - Palatine IL, US
Sameer Ansari - Chicago IL, US
Assignee:
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY - Evanston IL
International Classification:
A61B 5/055
Abstract:
In one aspect of the disclosure, an MRI-based system includes an MRI scanner having a first axis and a first plane perpendicular to the first axis, a pulse sequence module configured to provide a 3D pulse sequence to the MRI scanner, and a control module configured to instruct the MRI scanner to conduct radial k-space samples having N second planes that each are perpendicular to the first plane and through which the first axis passes, N being an integer greater than 1. The 3D pulse sequence instructs the MRI scanner to a radio-frequency (RF) pulse, conduct a gradient readout in the first plane, and conduct a gradient readout in one of the N second planes.