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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2015
Applicant:
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Inventors:
Stephan Kannengießer, Wuppertal, DE;
Marcel Dominik Nickel, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Xiaodong Zhong, Lilburn, GA (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/56 (2006.01); G01R 33/48 (2006.01); G01R 33/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/5608 (2013.01); G01R 33/4828 (2013.01); G01R 33/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus and method to evaluate the consistency of a signal model used to generate a quantitative parameter map, the residual of the quantitative parameter map is calculated and a residual map is generated. The residual map is displayed together with the quantitative parameter map, with the residual map serving as an indicator of the quality of fit of the signal model.