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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2010
Timothy Hughes, Erlangen, DE;
Tallal Charles Mamisch, Zurich, CH;
Timothy Hughes, Erlangen, DE;
Tallal Charles Mamisch, Zurich, CH;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Inselspital-Stiftung, Bern, CH;
Abstract
In a magnetic resonance method and apparatus for generating an analysis of an inflammation of a joint, for determining a proteoglycan proportion of a joint, and for generating an analysis of osteoarthritis of a joint, for a predetermined region within a body of a patient, a three-dimensional MR image data set is generated with a magnetic resonance imaging scanner. At least, a portion of a joint is located within the region. For each of several different automatically determined layers, a two-dimensional MR image is calculated from the three-dimensional MR image data set. For each layer, the thickness of a predetermined tissue, which is represented in the two-dimensional MR image corresponding to the layer, is determined, by means of which an analysis of a joint inflammation is automatically determined depending on the respective thicknesses. A further layer in the region is also automatically determined and, after injecting a contrast medium, a two-dimensional T1-weighted MR image is generated for this layer, from which a proteoglycan proportion is automatically determined. From the analysis of the joint inflammation and the proteoglycan proportion, it is then possible to perform a reproducible analysis of osteoarthritis of the joint.