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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2007
Manojkumar Saranathan, Rockville, MD (US);
Christopher Judson Hardy, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Thomas K. F. Foo, Potomac, MD (US);
Manojkumar Saranathan, Rockville, MD (US);
Christopher Judson Hardy, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Thomas K. F. Foo, Potomac, MD (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method is disclosed for tracking a moving object using magnetic resonance imaging. The technique includes acquiring a scout image scan having a number of image frames and extracting non-linear motion parameters from the number of image frames of the scout image scan. The technique includes prospectively shifting slice location using the non-linear motion parameters between slice locations while acquiring a series of MR images. The system and method are particularly useful in tracking coronary artery movement during the cardiac cycle to acquire the non-linear components of coronary artery movement during a diastolic portion of the R-R interval.