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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2011
Zhonghao Bao, Rochester, MN (US);
Scott O Stiving, Rochester, MN (US);
Kiaran P Mcgee, Rochester, MN (US);
Zhonghao Bao, Rochester, MN (US);
Scott O Stiving, Rochester, MN (US);
Kiaran P McGee, Rochester, MN (US);
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US);
Abstract
A system and method for assessing the operation of a imaging system, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, is disclosed including a that computer is programmed to access an image of a phantom from image data, identify a plurality of seed point in the image of the phantom using a shape recognition algorithm, and rank combinations of the seed points using a pattern recognition algorithm using a priori information about the predefined pattern. The computer is programmed to rank the combinations of the seed points to generate an indication of an imaging quality characteristic of the imaging system.