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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
May. 26, 2016
Children's Medical Center Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Robert V. Mulkern, Boston, MA (US);
Delma Jarrett, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
Mukund Balasubramanian, Cambridge, MA (US);
Children's Medical Center Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for processing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data to perform bone segmentation. MRI data comprising a set of gradient-echo images acquired throughout a spin echo is processed to generate a bone segmentation image. The bone segmentation image is generated based, at least in part, on at least two images in the set of gradient-echo images, wherein the at least two images include a first image corresponding to a beginning portion of the spin echo and a second image corresponding to a central portion of the spin echo.