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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2015
Applicant:

Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;

Inventors:

Xiaoming Bi, Oak Park, CA (US);

Yutaka Natsuaki, Riverside, CA (US);

Kevin Johnson, Tuscon, AZ (US);

Gerhard Laub, San Mateo, CA (US);

Assignee:

Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/565 (2006.01); G01R 33/385 (2006.01); G01R 33/36 (2006.01); G01R 33/54 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/56509 (2013.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 5/7207 (2013.01); G01R 33/3614 (2013.01); G01R 33/385 (2013.01); G01R 33/543 (2013.01); G01R 33/546 (2013.01); A61B 2576/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system includes applying, to patient tissue, a first imaging sequence comprising first balanced gradient pulse trains and RF pulses, where phases of successive RF pulses in the first imaging sequence differ by a first pulse phase increment, detecting first signals emitted from the patient tissue in response to the first imaging sequence, and to generate a first image based on the first signals, applying, to the patient tissue, a second imaging sequence comprising second balanced gradient pulse trains and RF pulses, where phases of successive RF pulses in the second imaging sequence differ by a second pulse phase increment different from the first pulse phase increment, detecting second signals emitted from the patient tissue in response to the second imaging sequence, and to generate a second image based on the second signals, applying motion-correction processing to the first image to generate a first motion-corrected image, applying motion-correction processing to the second image to generate a second motion-corrected image, and generating a composite image based on the first motion-corrected image and the second motion-corrected image.


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