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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2009
Cornelis Johannes Franciscus Maria Bergmans, Eindhoven, NL;
Daniel Bystrov, Hamburg, DE;
Harald Sepp Heese, Hamburg, DE;
Marc Kouwenhoven, Eindhoven, NL;
Johan Michiel Den Harder, Eindhoven, NL;
Arjan Willem Simonetti, Eindhoven, NL;
Wendy DE Kok, Eindhoven, NL;
Cornelis Johannes Franciscus Maria Bergmans, Eindhoven, NL;
Daniel Bystrov, Hamburg, DE;
Harald Sepp Heese, Hamburg, DE;
Marc Kouwenhoven, Eindhoven, NL;
Johan Michiel Den Harder, Eindhoven, NL;
Arjan Willem Simonetti, Eindhoven, NL;
Wendy De Kok, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method of acquiring at least one clinical MRI image of a subject comprising the following steps: acquiring a first survey image with a first field of view, the first survey image having a first spatial resolution,—locating a first region of interest and at least one anatomical landmarks in the first survey image, determining the position and the orientation of the first region of interest using the anatomical landmarks, the position and the orientation of the first region being used for—planning a second survey image,—acquiring the second survey image with a second field of view, the second survey image having a second spatial resolution, the second spatial resolution being higher than the first spatial resolution, generating a geometry planning for the anatomical region of interest using the second survey image,—acquiring a diagnostic image of the anatomical region of interest using the geometry planning.