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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2024
GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Waukesha, WI (US);
Florian Wiesinger, Bavaria, DE;
Rolf Schulte, Bavaria, DE;
GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for quantitative parameter estimation for magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. In one example, a method includes performing a steady-state acquisition to obtain first MR signals of a scan volume, performing a transient-state acquisition to obtain second MR signals of the scan volume, determining, for each voxel of the scan volume, a respective proton density (PD) based on the first MR signals, determining, for each voxel of the scan volume, one or more respective quantitative MR (qMR) parameters based on the second MR signals and the PD for that voxel, and outputting one or more parameter maps for display and/or storage based on the one or more respective qMR parameters.