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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2008
Applicant:
James G. Reisman, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Inventor:
James G. Reisman, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for reducing B0 inhomogeneous effects in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The method includes: obtaining a high-resolution volumetric MR image of the patient, such high-resolution volumetric MR image having B0 inhomogeneous effects; calculating distortion within obtained the high-resolution volumetric MR image of the patient; and correcting the B0 inhomogeneous effects in the obtained high-resolution volumetric image using the calculated distortion.