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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2021
Applicant:
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Inventors:
Venkata Veerendranadh Chebrolu, Rochester, MN (US);
Eric Stinson, Rochester, MN (US);
Peter Kollasch, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/56 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/54 (2006.01); G01R 33/561 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/5608 (2013.01); G01R 33/546 (2013.01); G01R 33/5607 (2013.01); G01R 33/5617 (2013.01); G06T 5/001 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10088 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30004 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for visualizing low-intensity pathologies or anatomical structures. The method can include applying, via a MRI machine, an RF pulse configured to suppress the imaging of fat in the subject and acquiring, via the MRI machine, an image of the subject. A subtle intensity graduating homomorphic transform is applied to the acquired image to provide improved visualized of the low-intensity pathology or anatomical structure. The resulting transformed image can be output to the user.