315 results about "Spin echo" patented technology

A method for calculating a flip angle schedule for a train of refocusing radio frequency (RF) pulses with reduced flip angles allows control of RF power deposition and use of a longer echo train. A target signal is defined for each echo in the echo train, and flip angles are then calculated from the target signals. The target signal schedule includes two phases. In the first phase, the target signals drop asymptotically to efficiently establish a pseudo-steady state at a pre-defined minimum signal level, S_min. In the second phase, the target signal is increased monotonically for the remainder of the train to a pre-defined maximum signal level, S_max. By increasing the target signal, the effect of relaxation may be reduced, decreasing blurring and ringing artifacts. Flip angles are then calculated from the target signal schedule, using a simplified method that requires no information about the tissues' relaxation properties.

NMR spin echo signals, acquired on a MWD logging tool, are susceptible to errors magnetic flux density has a gradient and the magnet on the logging tool is moving relative to the earth. The errors can be corrected by having the excitation pulse cover a smaller or a larger volume than the refocusing pulses. Correction may also be made by selective saturation, or by echo averaging.

The invention provides a method for correcting fast spin echo sequence, aiming at solving the problem that the prior FSE images have the factors of an imaging system such as artifacts, magnetic field stability, eddy current, etc. which have impact on the quality of images. The method can be used to correct the parameter of the fast spin echo (FSE) sequence of a magnetic resonance diagnostic, in particular to correct the parameter of the fast spin echo (FSE) sequence of a magnetic resonance diagnostic which can switch frequence of a transmitter and a receiver. The method for correcting fast spin echo sequence of the invention eliminates the impact of the factors of the imaging system such as artifacts, magnetic field stability, eddy current, etc. on the quality of the images; and as the parameter which is obtained by the correcting method and used in the pre-scanning is the optimal parameter, thereby solving the problem of artifacts of the prior FSE images.

A partial least squares (PLS) regression relates spin echo signals with samples having a known parameter such as bound water (BW), clay bound water (CBW), bound volume irreducible (BVI), porosity (PHI) and effective porosity (PHE). The regression defines a predictive model that is validated and can then be applied to spin echo signals of unknown samples to directly give an estimate of the parameter of interest. The unknown samples may include earth formations in which a NMR sensor assembly is conveyed in a borehole.

NMR spin echo signals are acquired downhole. Principal Component Analysis is used to represent the signals by a weighted combination of the principal components and these weights are telemetered to the surface. At the surface, the NMR spin echo signals are recovered and inverted to give formation properties. Real-time displays may be used for determining formation properties and for altering the acquisition parameters

The MRI apparatus of the present invention performs a pulse sequence for applying successively 180° pulses 102, 103 . . . after application of a 90° pulse 101 at constant intervals and applying readout magnetic fields 111 during the interval between pairs of 180° pulses while the polarity of the magnetic field 111 is inverted several times to collect a plurality of gradient echo signals that are phase encoded differently. Here, the application of the readout gradient magnetic field is controlled such that generation of the gradient echo signals does ot coincide with generation of the spin echo signal. The image reconstruction is performed by using only T2* weighted gradient echo signals to obtain images reflecting difference in magnetic susceptibility and inhomogeneities in local magnetic fields.

A magnetic resonance imaging "MRI" method and apparatus for lengthening the usable echo-train duration and reducing the power deposition for imaging is provided. The method explicitly considers the t1 and t2 relaxation times for the tissues of interest, and permits the desired image contrast to be incorporated into the tissue signal evolutions corresponding to the long echo train. The method provides a means to shorten image acquisition times and/or increase spatial resolution for widely-used spin-echo train magnetic resonance techniques, and enables high-field imaging within the safety guidelines established by the Food and Drug Administration for power deposition in human MRI.

Pulse sequences are applied to a fluid in an earth formation in a static magnetic field and NMR spin echo signals are obtained. The signals are processed to give a distribution of a relaxation time at a plurality of depths. Semblance between the distributions and a log of a formation property are used to identify depths at which portions of the distributions are similar to the formation property logs.

Pulse sequences are applied to a fluid in an earth formation in a static magnetic field and NMR spin echo signals are obtained. The signals are inverted to give T₂ distributions at a plurality of depths. Similarities between logs of the T₂ bins with resistivity and/or gamma ray logs are used to identify and subtract contributions to the NMR signal from oil. having internal gradients. From the received signals, relaxation and diffusion characteristics of the fluid are determined. The determination takes into account the internal field gradients. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.

Methods for detecting a liquid under a surface and characterizing Ice are provided The liquid may be a liquid hydrocarbon such as crude oil or fuel oil or mineral oil The surface may be ice, snow, or water, and the method may be practiced in an arctic region to detect oil spills, leaks, or seepages The methods may be used with a range finder to characterize marine ice The methods may include a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) tool with antenna to send a radio-frequency (RF) excitation pulse or signal into volume of substances being detected, detect an NMR response signal to determine the presence of the liquid of interest The NMR response may include a relaxation time element and an intensity level and may include a free induction signal (T2*), a spin echo signal (T2), a train of spin echo signals (T2), or a thermal equilibrium signal (T 1).

The invention provides a method for obtaining a high-resolution two-dimensional J decomposition spectrum, and relates to a nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy detection method. The method comprises: loading a sample to be detected into a standard nuclear magnetic test tube, and conveying into the detection chamber of a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer; sampling the one-dimensional hydrogen spectrum of the sample to be detected, and obtaining the signal peak distribution area and the spectral line width so as to provide the reference for the spectral width parameter setting, wherein the line width value reflects the magnetic field uniformity condition; measuring the pulse width of a radio frequency pulse required by excitation of the sample to be detected; introducing a compiled pulse sequence on the nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, opening the heteronuclear intermolecule multiple quantum coherent signal excitation module, the indirect dimensional evolving module, the spin echo fixed delay module and the J modulating fast sampling module of the pulse sequence, and setting the experiment parameters of various modules; skipping the artificial shimming operation process, and directly executing data sampling; and after completing the data sampling, calling data post-processing codes to carry out related data post-processing so as to obtain the high-resolution two-dimensional J decomposition spectrum being not affected by the inhomogeneous magnetic field.

A method for RARE magnetic resonance imaging comprising slice selective excitation of two or more slices and of one or more nuclei, followed by refocusing of these slices and application of gradient pulses which cause a diversion of the signal into spin echoes and stimulated echoes, is characterized by application of refocusing slice selective RF pulses, which are placed to fulfill the echo-spacing CPMG condition for each slice and by arrangement of gradient pulses which cause the phase accumulated by spins in each slice between two consecutive refocusing RF pulses corresponding to that slice to be equal, thus fulfilling the CPMG phase accumulation condition. Thereby, the obtainable signal can be increased and stabilized.

A magnetic resonance method and system are provided for generating real-time motion-corrected perfusion images based on pulsed arterial spin labeling (PASL) with a readout sequence such as a 3D gradient and spin echo (GRASE) image data acquisition block. The real-time motion correction is achieved by using a volumetric 3D EPI navigator that is provided during an intrinsic delay in the PASL sequence, which corrects for motion prospectively and does not extend the image data acquisition time as compared to a similar non-motion-corrected imaging procedure.

The invention discloses a rock heterogeneous quantitative evaluation method based on magnetic resonance imaging. Three-dimensional space orientation of rock can be realized by layer selection pulse, phase coded pulse and frequency coded pulse. An imaging signal can be obtained by applying a spin-echo sequence, and optimization selection of imaging experimental parameters can be carried out through experimental scale. On the basis, a nuclear magnetic imaging signal obtained by experimental measurement is subjected to digital image processing so as to generate a pseudo color graph. By means of the relationship between the porosity and nuclear magnetic imaging signal intensity of a stand sample, the total porosity and porosity and distribution spectrum of a single layer can be obtained. Multi-layer imaging results are compared and a porosity heterogeneous coefficient is defined, so that the longitudinal porosity distribution characteristic and heterogeneity of rock can be obtained. In addition, by applying a first-order spherical variation function model and a grid search method, characteristic parameters of a variation function can be obtained. Heterogeneous coefficients and relative heterogeneous coefficients can be defined to realize longitudinal and horizontal heterogeneous quantitative characterization of rock.

The invention provides a gradient system time delay correction method for a fast spin echo pulse sequence. In the method, a gradient system time delay is corrected by correcting a gradient pulse, and an amplitude synthetic matrix for correcting the gradient pulse is calculated by using the normalized gradient system time delay. By the method, the influence of the gradient system time delay on thefast spin echo pulse sequence is overcome, and the hardware cost and the system complexity of a magnetic resonance imaging system are not increased; and even if the gradient system time delays in x, y and z directions are unequal, the power of a gradient power amplifier is not enough to provide overshooting impulse with larger amplitude in a gradient waveform. By the method, the gradient system time delay can still be corrected so as to enhance the image quality of a sagittal plane, a coronal plane, a cross section and various diagonal planes in a fast spin echo image.

Many reservoirs of interest include heavy oil. In such reservoirs, parti at normal temperatures, many instruments commonly used for formation evaluation may not be able to distinguish between heavy oil and bound water in the formation. Passive or active heating is used to elevate the temperature of the fluids in the formation. At elevated temperatures, distinguishing between heavy oil and bound water is easier. Of particular interest is the increase in the resolvability of the transverse relaxation time T2 of NMR spin echo measurements. Additionally, the dielectric constant and the loss tangents of water and heavy oil show different temperature and frequency dependence.

Systems and methods which generate a sequence of images using turbo spin echo magnetic resonance imaging which are retrospectively correlated with periodic motion occurring within a subject being imaged are described. In one embodiment, k-space measurements (or the measurements from which images are formed) are captured during, and correlated with, different phases in a cardiac cycle of the subject. With this sequence, the images that are produced are able to show, and/or compensate for, motion correlated with the cardiac cycle of the subject.

A method for obtaining a nuclear magnetic resonance two-dimension spin echo related spectrum under an uneven magnetic field relates to a nuclear magnetic resonance wave spectrum detection method and comprises the steps of using a normal one-dimension pulse sequence to sample a one-dimension spectrum, obtaining the line width of spectral lines, and providing a basis for spectrum width parameter setting, wherein the line width value also reflects the uniformity condition of a magnetic field; introducing well precompiled two-dimension spin echo related spectrum pulse sequences onto a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer; opening a multi-quantum coherent signal selection module, a three-dimension sampled indirect dimension evolution period t1 combination and indirect dimension evolution period t2 combination and an echo delay module among the two-dimension spin echo related spectrum pulse sequences; setting each experiment parameter of the two-dimension spin echo related spectrum pulse sequences; executing the two-dimension spin echo related spectrum pulse sequences, of which the experiment parameters are set, for data sampling; after the data sampling is finished, performing related data postprocessing to obtain the two-dimension spin echo related spectrum uninfluenced by the uneven magnetic field. The method has no need of shimming operation and is simple, convenient and effective.

The invention discloses a correction method of a magnetic resonance system. The magnetic resonance system comprises an RF transmitting module, a gradient module and an RF receiving module. The correction method comprises the steps of executing a first pulse sequence, acquiring a first set of echo signals and acquiring a frequency domain phase of the first set of echo signals, wherein the first pulse sequence is a spin echo sequence; executing a second pulse sequence, acquiring a second set of echo signals and acquiring the frequency domain phase of the second set of the echo signals, wherein the second pulse sequence is a non-selective layer spin echo sequence; acquiring a system relative time delay according to the frequency domain phases of the first set of echo signals and the second set of echo signals, wherein the system relative time delay comprises a relative time delay between the RF transmitting module and the gradient module and a relative time delay between the RF receiving module and the gradient module; and performing compensation on the magnetic resonance system according to the system relative time delay. According to the correction method and the correction device, the relative time delay of the magnetic resonance system can be accurately acquired through phase operation on the echo signal. Furthermore the invention provides a correction device of the magnetic resonance system.

In a magnetic resonance apparatus and method for acquiring magnetic resonance data, a magnetic resonance data acquisition scanner executes a turbo spin echo (TSE) data acquisition sequence with simultaneous multi-slice (SMS) imaging wherein nuclear spins in two different slices of an examination subject are simultaneously excited so as to produce respective echo trains. The magnetic resonance data acquisition scanner is operated with the SMS imaging configured so that magnetic resonance signals from the respective slices have a different contrast, with the SMS being configured to allow evolution of magnetization of the nuclear spins for the second contrast while magnetic resonance signals with the first contrast are being detected. The respective magnetic resonance signals from the two different slices are detected and entered into an electronic memory organized as k-space, as k-space data.

The invention provides a shale pore structure detection method based on nuclear magnetic resonance. The method comprises the steps that a sample is processed into a cylinder; the sample is saturated with water at normal pressure for 12h, and then is taken out; CPMG pulse sequence test is carried out on the sample to acquire a spin-echo-series attenuation signal; the spin-echo-series signal is inversed to acquire a T2 spectrum distribution diagram and the details of each peak; and the T2 spectrum of acquired same sample under water saturation and centrifugation is analyzed in a coordinate system to acquire the change of the volume and quantity of pores of the sample. The shale pore structure is mainly studied in a saturated water state in the prior art of nuclear magnetic resonance, and the problems that the study angle is single and limited; only pore distribution can be studied; and fracture prediction cannot be carried out are solved. The method provided by the invention belongs to the technical field of petroleum exploration and development.