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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2004
Jingfei MA, Waukesha, WI (US);
Guosheng Tan, Waukesha, WI (US);
Jingfei Ma, Waukesha, WI (US);
Guosheng Tan, Waukesha, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
An automatic and adaptive MR data selection technique for use with a multi-receiver coil assembly in an MR imaging device is disclosed. The invention includes acquiring image data from a plurality of receiver coils and determining an index gauge for each of the images. The index gauge is a representation of the position of a given receiver coil within a desired field-of-view (FOV). The index gauges are compared and any image data set having an index gauge demonstrating a less than optimal position of the given receiver coil with respect to the desired FOV is removed based on the index gauges and the comparison. A final image can be reconstructed using the remaining image data sets. The final image is reconstructed from data having overall reduced noise, and therefore reduced artifacts.