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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2024
Siemens Healthineers Ag, Forchheim, DE;
Carmel Hayes, Munich, DE;
Michaela Schmidt, Uttenreuth, DE;
Andreas Greiser, Erlangen, DE;
Jens Wetzl, Erlangen, DE;
Marion Hellinger, Uttenreuth, DE;
Siemens Healthineers AG, Forchheim, DE;
Abstract
A method, system, and controller for generating dental images from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data are described. The method may include acquiring scout magnetic resonance (MR) images of a head, including a number of teeth of an upper and/or a lower jaw; automatically identifying the teeth in the scout MR images and determining positions of the identified teeth; defining a number of regions around the determined positions of the teeth, the regions representing a volume along a dental arch; acquiring a number of diagnostic MR images of at least the defined number of regions having a higher resolution than the scout MR images; generating a panoramic image based on the number of diagnostic MR images and the defined number of regions; and outputting the panoramic image.