General Electric Company

Ge Precision Healthcare LLC

Shaorong Chang

Dawei Gui

Ajeetkumar Gaddipati

Xiaoli Zhao

Zachary Slavens

Graeme Colin McKinnon

Anton Max Linz

Ling Sun

Charles Robert Michelich

Donglai Huo

Anja Kammeier

Richard Scott Hinks

Yongchuan Lai

Dashen Chu

Ersin Bayram

Hongbin Wang

Yoshihiro Tomoda

Gaohong G Wu

Michael R Hartley

Ali Ersoz

Weiwei Zhang

Tongzhou Wang

Mitsuhiro Bekku

Zhiqiang Li

Moran Wei

Eric M Printz

Quan Zhu

Xucheng Zhu

Brent Robinson

A magnetic resonance (MR) imaging method of correcting motion in precorrection MR images of a subject is provided. The method includes applying, by an MR system, a pulse sequence having a k-space trajectory of a blade being rotated in k-space. The method also includes acquiring k-space data of a three-dimensional (3D) imaging volume of the subject, the k-space data of the 3D imaging volume corresponding to the precorrection MR images and acquired by the pulse sequence. The method further includes receiving a 3D MR calibration data of a 3D calibration volume, wherein the 3D calibration volume is greater than or equal to the 3D imaging volume, jointly estimating rotation and translation in the precorrection MR images based on the k-space data of the 3D imaging volume and the calibration data, correcting motion in the precorrection images based on the estimated rotation and the estimated translation, and outputting the motion-corrected images.

Motion correction systems and methods of propeller magnetic resonance images

Various methods and systems are provided for selecting radio frequency (RF) coil array for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In one embodiment, the method comprises grouping the plurality of coil elements into receiving elements groups (REGs) according to REGs information, generating channel sensitivity maps for the plurality of coil elements, generating REG sensitivity maps based on the REGs information and the channel sensitivity maps, selecting one or more REGs based on the REG sensitivity maps and a region of interest (ROI), and scanning the ROI with the coil elements of the one or more selected REGs being activated and the coil elements not in any selected REGs being deactivated. In this way, coil arrays may be automatically selected for improved image quality of the MRI.

Methods and systems for coil selection in magnetic resonance imaging

Various methods and systems are provided for selecting coil elements of a plurality of coil elements of a radio frequency (RF) coil array for use in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. In one example, a method includes grouping the plurality of coil elements into receive elements groups (REGs) according to REGs information, generating channel sensitivity maps for the plurality of coil elements, generating REG sensitivity maps based on the REGs information and the channel sensitivity maps, labeling each REG as either selectable or not selectable based on the REG sensitivity maps, selecting one or more REGs from the selectable REGs based on the REG sensitivity maps and a region of interest (ROI), and scanning the ROI with the coil elements in the one or more selected REGs being activated and the coil elements not in any selected the other REGs being deactivated.

Method and systems for coil selection in magnetic resonance imaging

Various methods and systems are provided for selecting radio frequency coil array comprising a plurality of coil elements for magnetic resonance imaging. In one embodiment, the method includes grouping the plurality of coil elements into receive elements groups (REGs) according to REGs information; generating REG sensitivity maps; determining, for each REG, signal in a region of interest (ROI) and signal in an annefact source region based on the REG sensitivity maps; selecting one or more REGs based on the signal in the ROI and the signal in the annefact source region; and scanning the ROI with the coil elements in the one or more selected REGs being activated and the coil elements not in any selected REGs being deactivated. In this way, annefact artifacts in the reconstructed image may be reduced.

Method and systems for coil selection in magnetic resonance imaging to reduce annefact artifact

A system and method for reducing MRI-generated acoustic noise is disclosed. A system control of an MRI apparatus causes a plurality of gradient coils and an RF coil assembly in the MRI apparatus to generate pulse sequences that each cause an echo train to form and acquire blades of k-space data of the subject of interest from the pulse sequences, with the blades being rotated about a section of k-space compared to every other blade. The system control also causes the plurality of gradient coils to generate gradient pulses in each pulse sequence having an optimized gradient waveform that reduces an acoustic noise level generated thereby and causes the RF coil assembly to generate a 180 degree prep pulse subsequent to generation of an RF excitation pulse and prior to generation of a first RF refocusing pulse, the 180 degree prep pulse minimizing echo spacing in the echo train.

System and method for reducing acoustic noise level in MR imaging

Various methods and systems are provided for a radio frequency coil array comprising a plurality of coil elements for magnetic resonance imaging. In one embodiment, a method includes grouping the plurality of coil elements into receive elements groups (REGs) according to REGs information, generating coil element sensitivity maps for the plurality of coil elements, generating REG sensitivity maps based on the REGs information and the coil element sensitivity maps, determining, for each REG, signals within a region of interest (ROI) and signals outside of the ROI based on the REG sensitivity maps, selecting one or more REGs based on the signals within the ROI and the signals outside of the ROI of each REG, and scanning the ROI with the coil elements in the selected REGs being activated and the coil elements not in any selected REGs being deactivated. In this way, phase wrap artifacts may be reduced.

Method and systems for coil selection in magnetic resonance imaging to reduce phase wrap artifact

Various methods and systems are provided for ghost artifact reduction in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In one embodiment, a method for an MRI system comprises acquiring a non-phase-encoded reference dataset, calculating phase corrections for spatial orders higher than first order from the non-phase-encoded reference dataset, acquiring a phase-encoded k-space dataset, correcting the phase-encoded k-space dataset with the phase corrections, and reconstructing an image from the corrected phase-encoded k-space dataset. In this way, ghost artifacts caused by phase errors during EPI may be substantially reduced, thereby improving image quality especially when imaging with a large field of view.

Method and systems for reducing artifacts in magnetic resonance imaging

The present invention provides a magnetic resonance imaging method and system, the method comprising performing the following steps at least once: a composition step: performing image composition processing on raw images received by a receiving coil that is pre-determined as an artifact coil and a receiving coil that is pre-determined as a non-artifact coil to obtain a composite image; and a correction step: obtaining a product of the above composite image and space sensitivity of the above artifact coil to replace the raw image received by the above artifact coil, and performing the above composition step again.

Magnetic resonance imaging method and system

A method of magnetic resonance imaging includes executing an imaging sequence, in response to the imaging sequence, acquiring magnetic resonance data, entering the acquired magnetic resonance data in k-space in a memory along a predetermined k-space trajectory, and modifying the k-space trajectory during acquisition of the magnetic resonance data.

Magnetic resonance imaging system and method

In an embodiment, a method includes performing a magnetic resonance (MR) data acquisition sequence including the acquisition of a plurality of blades of k-space data rotated about a section of k-space. The k-space data is representative of gyromagnetic material within a subject of interest, and each blade includes a plurality of encode lines defining a width of the respective blade. The acquisition of each blade includes receiving MR signal from echoes in two or more separate echo trains to fill at least a portion of the plurality of encode lines, and the echo trains are separated by an excitation pulse.

Multiple excitation blade acquisition for motion correction in magnetic resonance imaging

A system and method of MR imaging enables PROPELLER imaging to be feasibly carried out independently of slice orientation or anatomy of interest. The invention is directed to accelerated acquisition of blades of MR data that are rotated about a central region of k-space and reconstructing an image of arbitrary slice orientation from the blades of MR data that preserves contrast and reduces acceleration artifacts caused by signal amplitude variances.

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Hartland, WI, United States of America

Shaorong Chang