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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2016
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Stephan Kannengiesser, Wuppertal, 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 a combination magnetic resonance (MR) image, an information MR dataset is obtained and evaluated in a computer to determine information about the examination object from the captured information MR dataset. At least two MR datasets are acquired at one of at least two echo times in each case following an excitation by a multi-contrast measurement. At least one combination image is determined from the at least two MR datasets, and spin species represented in the at least one combination image are assigned on the basis of the information determined from the information MR dataset. By using additional information about the examination object determined by MR technology an automatic unambiguous global assignment of the correct spin species is enabled.