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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joel P Felmlee, Rochester, MN (US);
William Ryan, Rochester, MN (US);
Ramesh Avula, Rochester, MN (US);
Bradley J Erickson, Rochester, MN (US);
Assignee:
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
324309 ; 324307 ;
Abstract
An MRI system acquires NMR data and reconstructs an image. The image is enhanced prior to being displayed by automatically calculating a window level value and a window width value and mapping the reconstructed image through the resulting contrast window defined by those values.