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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2002
Dee H. Wu, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Sara M. Oberrecht, Cleveland, OH (US);
Sara Hagey, Doylestown, OH (US);
Agus Priatna, Waukesha, WI (US);
David L. Foxall, Mentor, OH (US);
Dee H. Wu, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Sara M. Oberrecht, Cleveland, OH (US);
Sara Hagey, Doylestown, OH (US);
Agus Priatna, Waukesha, WI (US);
David L. Foxall, Mentor, OH (US);
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus () acquires a plurality of parametric images () with at least one varying imaging parameter. A parametric map () is constructed from the plurality of parametric images (). At least one pilot parameter () is identified from at least the parametric map (). The at least one identified pilot parameter () includes at least a volume of interest for a diagnostic image. A contrast agent () is administered to the patient (). The identified volume of interest is imaged during influx of the administered contrast agent () into the identified volume of interest. The imaging uses the at least one identified pilot parameter ().