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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2010
Robert David Darrow, Scotia, NY (US);
Thomas Kwok-fah Foo, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Robert David Darrow, Scotia, NY (US);
Thomas Kwok-Fah Foo, Clifton Park, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for an MRI apparatus includes an MRI system having a computer programmed to initiate a first scan procedure to acquire MR data and locate a feature of interest of the object, initiate a second scan procedure when a feature of interest of the object is located, and determine if an anomaly of the feature of interest exists. The computer is programmed to initiate a third scan procedure to scan the anomaly and reconstruct an image of the located anomaly if the anomaly exists. The first scan procedure includes a scan table motion and scan data acquisition commands. The second scan procedure includes scan table motion and scan data acquisition commands to acquire MR data from the feature of interest. The third scan procedure includes scan table motion and scan data acquisition commands to acquire MR data from the located anomaly.