Fast gradient-echo chemical-shift imaging.
A fast chemical-shift imaging using the gradient-echo technique is proposed for the separation of the water and fat in human in vivo imaging. This technique also incorporates magnetic field inhomogeneity correction in the fast chemical-shift imaging. Experimental results of the proposed imaging technique demonstrate that the method would be useful for quick in vivo water-fat separation imaging with a substantially shorter time than the conventional spin-echo imaging sequence.
Park
H W
HW
Department of Electrical Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science, Seoul.
Kim
Y H
YH
Cho
Z H
ZH
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D001834:Body Water / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008433:Mathematics