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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:
Jan. 22, 2019

Filed:

Apr. 18, 2016
Applicant:

Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;

Inventors:

Thorsten Feiweier, Poxdorf, DE;

Martin Harder, Nuernberg, DE;

Tobias Kober, Lausanne, CH;

Assignee:

Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/48 (2006.01); G01R 33/565 (2006.01); G01R 33/56 (2006.01); G01R 33/563 (2006.01); G01R 33/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/56509 (2013.01); G01R 33/563 (2013.01); G01R 33/5608 (2013.01); G01R 33/543 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for automatically updating planning of measurement volumes as a function of object motion during MRI examination of an object in which the planning images a specific subject/object anatomy by MRI, includes defining an object reference pose and a reference coordinate system for the reference pose at a time during MRI examination, with the reference coordinate system being used for planning the measurement volumes. During examination, information is obtained about an object pose change between a current object pose at the time and the reference pose. For each subsequent scan or single acquisition of imaging data during examination, pose change information is used for calculating a new coordinate system for the current pose and updating the planning of measurement volumes as a function of the new coordinate system so the imaged object anatomy remains the same throughout the scans or acquisitions of imaging data irrespective of object motion.


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