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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2023
Applicant:
Canon Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara, JP;
Inventor:
Andrew James Wheaton, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Assignee:
Canon Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/565 (2006.01); G01R 33/58 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/56509 (2013.01); G01R 33/583 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10088 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system for modifying a series of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan sequences for use in a single MRI examination. In one embodiment, a method and system intersperse a set of B1 amplitude measurement sequences within a received series of MRI scan sequences such that an RF parameter value of at least one scan sequence of the received series of MRI scan sequences is altered based on the results of at least one of the interspersed set of B1 amplitude measurement sequences.