MULTIPLICATIVE INCREASE IN MRI DATA ACQUISITION WITH MULTI-BAND RF EXCITATION PULSES IN A SIMULTANEOUS IMAGE REFOCUSING PULSE SEQUENCE

摘要

Disclosed are methods and systems for carrying out super-multiplexed magnetic resonance imaging that entwines techniques previously used individually and independently of each other in Simultaneous Echo (of Imaging) Refocusing (SER or SIR) and Multi-Band (MB) excitation, in a single pulse sequence that provides a multiplication rather than summation of desirable effects while suppressing undesirable effects of each of the techniques that previously were used independently.