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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2011
Filed:
May. 08, 2007
Yoshitaka Bito, Kokubunji, JP;
Hisaaki Ochi, Kodaira, JP;
Yo Taniguchi, Kokubunji, JP;
Satoshi Hirata, Kokubunji, JP;
Toru Shirai, Kokubunji, JP;
Yoshitaka Bito, Kokubunji, JP;
Hisaaki Ochi, Kodaira, JP;
Yo Taniguchi, Kokubunji, JP;
Satoshi Hirata, Kokubunji, JP;
Toru Shirai, Kokubunji, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A magnetic resonance imaging system capable of conducting spectroscopic imaging with an improved SNR without degrading the spatial resolution includes edge-preserving filter processing means for spectroscopic imaging. The edge-preserving filter processing means executes processing including the steps of calculating spectral similarity in spatial neighborhoods (spatially neighboring voxels) at each voxel in spectroscopic imaging data, calculating a spectral weight according to the spectral similarity, and conducting weighted smoothing for compounding spectra of spatial neighborhoods (spatially neighboring voxels) according to the spectral weight.