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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2011
Christoph Guetter, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Jens Gühring, Erlangen, DE;
Marie-pierre Jolly, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Xiaoguang LU, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Hui Xue, Franklin Park, NJ (US);
Jeremy Collins, Chicago, IL (US);
Peter Weale, Menith Wood, GB;
Christoph Guetter, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Jens Gühring, Erlangen, DE;
Marie-Pierre Jolly, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Xiaoguang Lu, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Hui Xue, Franklin Park, NJ (US);
Jeremy Collins, Chicago, IL (US);
Peter Weale, Menith Wood, GB;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Other;
Abstract
A method for clinical parameter derivation and adaptive flow acquisition within a sequence of magnetic resonance images includes commencing an acquisition of a sequence of images. One or more landmarks are automatically detected from within one or more images of the sequence of images. The detected one or more landmarks are propagated across subsequent images of the sequence of images. A plane is fitted to the propagation of landmarks. The positions of landmarks or alternatively the position of the fitted plane within the sequence of images is used for derivation of clinical parameters such as tissue velocities and/or performing adaptive flow acquisitions to measure blood flow properties.