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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2014
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Philips Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Peter Boernert, Eindhoven, NL;
Michel Paul Jurriaan Jurrissen, Eindhoven, NL;
Mariya Ivanova Doneva, Eindhoven, NL;
Adrianus Joseph Willibrordus Duijndam, Eindhoven, NL;
Kay Nehrke, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A parallel magnetic resonance imaging system () includes at least one radio frequency (RF) coil () with a plurality of coil elements, a smart select unit (), a parallel imaging parameter unit (), and a sequence control (). The smart select unit (), from a pre-scan or prior scan of a subject with the at least one RF coil, constructs () a signal map and a plurality of noise maps based on different sets of reduction factors. The parallel imaging parameter unit () selects a set of reduction factors corresponding to a noise map which includes a highest signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). The sequence control () performs a magnetic resonance imaging scan of the subject based on the selected reduction factors.