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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 1991
Filed:
Aug. 14, 1989
Norbert J Pelc, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Stephen W Flax, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for reducing image artifacts in NMR imaging matches elements of a set to values of a substantially periodic function so that the values exhibit a predetermined relationship to the elements. The matching is performed by evaluating the relative probability of the values of the substantially periodic function from the samples in the growing database of the values and assigning the values to the elements by using the evaluated relative probability, so as to maximize the probability that subsequent valves may be assigned the remaining elements according the predetermined relationship. A method for correcting the matching of values with elements freezes the database and acquires additional values which are substituted for earlier matched values based on the frozen database.