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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2015
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Nicole Schadewaldt, Eindhoven, NL;
Michael Gunter Helle, Eindhoven, NL;
Heinrich Schulz, Eindhvoen, NL;
Steffen Renisch, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A pseudo CT Hounsfield Unit value for a volume element within a subject is estimated from a plurality of magnetic resonance images having different contrasts. The method includes determining a relative prevalence of a first tissue class and second tissue class within the volume element from a first magnetic resonance image and a second magnetic resonance image, respectively. Then a relative prevalence of a third tissue class is determined within the volume element based on substraction of a relative prevalence of the first and/or second tissue class from a total tissue prevalence. A reference Hounsfield Unit value is provided for the first, second and third tissue class. Finally, a pseudo Housfield value is estimated for the volume element by determining a weighted sum of the first, second and third reference Hounsfield unit value, with weight factors which are based on the determined relative prevalences of the first, second and third tissue class.