摘要:
Method for making magnets for use in MRI scanners, which magnets are three-dimensional and have a tubular wall made of magnetized material, the tubular wall being composed of individual elements made of magnetized material. The invention provides the following steps: determining the modulus and direction of the magnetization of elements necessary for generating a predetermined magnetic field in the cavity inside said tubular wall in a theoretical two-dimensional magnet model, extruding the two-dimensional model to a three-dimensional model and at least partially compensating aberrations, distortions or inhomogeneites of the magnetic field generated in the three-dimensional model by modifying the magnetization orientation in the individual elements and in the plane of the two-dimensional model such to minimize differences between the magnetic field in the two-dimensional model and the magnetic field in the three-dimensional model.
摘要:
MRI method wherein a first set and a second set of magnetic resonance signals are acquired, using multi-echo sequences, such that echoes with the same echo index are assigned to different phase-encoding gradients, said first set and said at least one second set being entered into at least two corresponding k-space matrices, and the at least two k-space matrices being combined into a single k-space matrix from which an image is generated, wherein each k-space matrix is incompletely filled such that, for the same phase encoding gradients, one matrix contains the higher-intensity received signals, and at least another matrix contains no signal, and said single k-space matrix is generated by taking a partial average.
摘要:
A method for generating 2D or 3D maps of MRI T1 and T2 relaxation times by acquiring 2D or 3D MRI gradient-echo images and extracting the T1 and T2 values from said images, wherein MRI images are acquired using a combination of gradient-echo sequences, including: a first MRI image acquired using a SSFP-FID (Steady State Free Precession - Free Induction Decay) acquisition sequence; two further images acquired using a Dual-Echo SSFP acquisition sequence; the T1 and T2 values are extracted for each image pixel or voxel from the corresponding MRI signals.