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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2008
Applicants:
Stefan Assmann, Erlangen, DE;
Okan Ekinci, Uttenreuth, DE;
Inventors:
Stefan Assmann, Erlangen, DE;
Okan Ekinci, Uttenreuth, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61B 5/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/026 (2006.01); G06T 5/10 (2006.01); G01R 33/563 (2006.01); G01R 33/56 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 (2013.01); G06T 5/10 (2013.01); G01R 33/563 (2013.01); G01R 33/56 (2013.01); A61B 6/5247 (2013.01); A61B 5/02014 (2013.01); A61B 5/0263 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a method and device for automatic determination of a flow of a bodily fluid within vessels of an organism by a magnetic resonance, a magnetic resonance angiography to procedure is implemented generate magnetic resonance angiography images, a of magnetic resonance flow measurement is implemented to generate magnetic resonance flow images, and the magnetic resonance angiography images are applied to the magnetic resonance flow images as a mask to produce a resulting image depicting vessels with flow therein.