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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2016
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Matthias Fenchel, Erlangen, DE;
Marcel Dominik Nickel, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Abstract
In a method and apparatus for the automatic assignment of at least one combination image of an examination object to a spin species represented in the combination image, relationships, which were determined from an existing database and which relate to the assignment of spin species to combination images, are loaded into a computer. At least two MR datasets at one of at least two echo times in each case following an excitation by means of a multi-contrast measurement are supplied to the computer. At least one combination image is determined in the computer from the at least two MR datasets. The spin species represented in the at least one combination image are assigned in the computer on the basis of the loaded relationships. By using relationships determined from an existing database, an automatic unambiguous global assignment of the correct spin species is enabled.