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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2010
Tetsuya Matsuda, Kyoto, JP;
Akira Amano, Kyoto, JP;
Tetsuya Matsuda, Kyoto, JP;
Akira Amano, Kyoto, JP;
Kyoto University, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A method for analyzing motion of an imaging target by means of tagged MR images includes performing, on the same motion of an imaging target, N(N: positive integer not less than 2) times of cine imaging by means of different tag patterns, to obtain Npieces of time-series tagged MR images taken for a plurality of time phases in the motion of the imaging target, arranging Npieces of pixel values of the same pixel in the Npieces of tagged MR images at each time phase into a pixel value sequence having a length Nfor the corresponding pixel, and analyzing the motion of the imaging target in the time-series tagged MR images by detecting pixels whose pixel value sequences constitute the same code sequence in different time phases. Each of the tag patterns is formed such that the pixel value sequence constitutes a predetermined code sequence.