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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2003
Applicant:
Yoshikazu Ikezaki, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshikazu Ikezaki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC, Waukesha, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
For a purpose of improving homogeneity of an image obtained in a self-calibration by a parallel imaging method generally referred to as SENSE (SENSitivity Encoding), sensitivity factors S(p) are calculated using an additive image A=Σ|C| of complex images Cobtained by conducting a calibration scan of an entire FOV for phased array coils Coil_n (n=1–N, N≧2) (Steps V, V). Moreover, sensitivity maps Sare generated by conducting curve fitting by the method of least squares weighted by the square of a pixel value A(p) of the absolute value additive image A(Step V).