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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2004
Filed:
May. 17, 2002
Ajeetkumar Gaddipati, Waukesha, WI (US);
Conrad J. Dirckx, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Roshy James Francis, Waukesha, WI (US);
Gabriel Fernandez, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Mark T. Radick, Muskego, WI (US);
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Abstract
A sequence description defining the events for traversing k-space during a medical imaging scan is defined through a k-space graphical view, thereby providing an easy programming interface for MR physicists. From the k-space view, data elements can be generated by object-oriented sequence description components in the form of predefined sequences. The data elements generated by the predefined sequences are stored in a table, the lines in the table defining an ordered list of pulse segments associated with each trajectory in k-space, the table can also hold information on time ordering or sequencing of k-space trajectories, desired triggering for each k-space trajectory and similar data objects. The k-space description/configuration of sequences is then translated to a group of downloadable sequence components.