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Dark-Blood Delayed-Enhancement MRI: Improved Tissue Contrast and Blood-Pool Signal Suppression

Dark-Blood Delayed-Enhancement MRI: Improved Tissue Contrast and Blood-Pool Signal Suppression

Unmet Need Delayed-enhancement MRI (DE-MRI) is the standard for imaging myocardial infarction (MI), providing high-resolution maps of infarcted and viable myocardium. However, DE-MRI often suffers from poor differentiation between infarcted myocardium and the bright left…

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MRI method for detecting partial fatty tissue infiltration within the body

MRI method for detecting partial fatty tissue infiltration within the body

Unmet Need Through magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), it is possible to image and differentiate tissues and biological elements throughout the body. However, due to some tissues of the body having similar chemical compositions and subsequent…

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Virtual frequency-selective inversion method for fat suppression in MRI

Virtual frequency-selective inversion method for fat suppression in MRI

Unmet Need In magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), data is acquired by a scanner that sends a sequence of radio frequency (RF) pulses into the tissue placed in a strong magnetic field. The magnetic field causes…

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MRI image processing using virtual frequency-selective inversion

MRI image processing using virtual frequency-selective inversion

Unmet Need In magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), data is acquired by a scanner that sends a sequence of radio frequency (RF) pulses into the tissue placed in a strong magnetic field. The magnetic field causes…

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Single-cardiac-cycle phase sensitive inversion recovery (PSIR) method for cardiac MRI

Single-cardiac-cycle phase sensitive inversion recovery (PSIR) method for cardiac MRI

Unmet Need Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a safe, non-invasive test that creates detailed images of organs and tissues. In a typical MRI procedure, the subject is positioned in a strong magnetic field, and the…

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Method for fat suppression in T1-weighted inversion recovery MRI

Method for fat suppression in T1-weighted inversion recovery MRI

Unmet Need T1-weighted inversion recovery (IR) imaging is a common MRI technique used for creating a contrast between different types of tissues. This technique allows detecting pathophysiologies in different regions of the body, including the…

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Technique for ghost artifact suppression in MRI imaging

Technique for ghost artifact suppression in MRI imaging

Unmet Need Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a safe, non-invasive test that creates detailed images of organs and tissues. In MRI, data is acquired by a scanner running software that sends a sequence of radio…

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T2-preparation optimized for cardiac imaging

T2-preparation optimized for cardiac imaging

Value Proposition Myocardial infarction is the leading cause of death in the United States. T2-imaging of the heart is used to detect areas of myocardial edema which may aid in the diagnosis of myocardial infarction.…

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MRI Imaging Sequence for Improved Contrast Using a Reference Image

MRI Imaging Sequence for Improved Contrast Using a Reference Image

Value Proposition Cardiac MRI is a useful tool in the diagnostic arsenal of clinical practitioners with an estimated 2 million procedures performed annually in the United States. The detail provided by this imaging modality is…

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Long T1 artifact suppression technique for magnetic resonance imaging

Long T1 artifact suppression technique for magnetic resonance imaging

A method of suppressing artifacts arising from tissue, fluids, or other long-T1 species when acquiring magnetic resonance data with a segmented pulse sequence that assumes that magnetization is at steady state, said method including suppressing…

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MR method and apparatus for on-resonance magnetization transfer (MT) preparation using time delay-separated matched pairs of adiabatic pulses

MR method and apparatus for on-resonance magnetization transfer (MT) preparation using time delay-separated matched pairs of adiabatic pulses

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems and methods using adiabatic tip-down and matchedadiabatic flip-back pulses are disclosed. According to an aspect, a system includes a signal generator configured to generate a pulse sequence for on-resonance magnetization…

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Automatic inversion time adjustment method and apparatus using single-line acquisition for T1 assessment combined with automatic compartment detection and compartmental inversion time derivation for inversion-recovery magnetic resonance imaging

Automatic inversion time adjustment method and apparatus using single-line acquisition for T1 assessment combined with automatic compartment detection and compartmental inversion time derivation for inversion-recovery magnetic resonance imaging

The field of the invention is Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). The invention greatly simplifies the operation of an MRI scanner by automatically setting the timing parameter 'inversion time' (TI), which currently needs to be manually…

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