Abstract: A method for multi-dimensional, relaxation-diffusion magnetic resonance fingerprinting (MRF) includes performing, using a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, a pulse sequence that integrates free-waveform b-tensor diffusion encoding into a magnet resonance fingerprinting pulse sequence to perform a multi-dimensional, relaxation-diffusion encoding while acquiring MRF signal evolutions, processing, using a processor, the acquired MRF signal evolutions to determine at least one relaxation parameter and at least one diffusivity parameter, and generating, using the processor, a report including at least one of the at least one relaxation parameter and the at least diffusivity parameter.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 2, 2022
Date of Patent:
September 26, 2023
Assignees:
Case Western Reserve University, University College Cardiff Consultants Limited Cardiff
Inventors:
Dan Ma, Mark A. Griswold, Derek Jones, Maryam Afzali, Lars Mueller