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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2022
Applicant:
Siemens Healthineers Ag, Forchheim, DE;
Inventors:
Raphael Tomi-Tricot, London, GB;
Radhouene Neji, London, GB;
Assignee:
SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG, Forchheim, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/56 (2006.01); G01R 33/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/5608 (2013.01); G01R 33/445 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer-implemented magnetic resonance image optimisation method is disclosed. An image of an object is mapped using a static magnetic field and divided into a plurality of voxels. Each voxel is represented in a Euclidean n-dimensional space, where n≥3, and clustered by grouping together voxels having similar characteristics to create homogenous clusters. The centre or centroid of each cluster is determined, and used, or the voxel closest to either the centre or the centroid is used, as a super-voxel in an optimisation procedure. An optimised diagnostic image of the object is then generated.