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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2001
Filed:
May. 23, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kiaran McGee, Rochester, MN (US);
Joel P. Felmlee, Rochester, MN (US);
Richard L. Ehman, Rochester, MN (US);
Armando Manduca, Rochester, MN (US);
Assignee:
Mayo Foundation For Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 ;
Abstract
An MRI image is corrected for motion artifacts using an iterative, autocorrection process in which corrections are tried and the quality of the resulting reconstructed image is measured. Different metrics for evaluating image quality are used during the autocorrection process to take advantage of their different attributes.