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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 31, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bruce D Collick, Madison, WI (US);
Michael R Hartley, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600410 ; 324309 ; 382128 ; 128922 ;
Abstract
An MRI system performs a real-time scan in which image frames are produced as the image is moved to different locations in the patient. The location at which each set of image data is acquired is compared, and image data acquired at the same location are combined to improve image quality. An autonex feature enables averaging of successive image data acquisitions and a frame rate feature enables combining of partial NEX acquisitions.