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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Applicants:
James Hartman Holmes, Cambridge, WI (US);
Philip James Beatty, Toronto, CA;
Inventors:
James Hartman Holmes, Cambridge, WI (US);
Philip James Beatty, Toronto, CA;
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/341 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/56 (2006.01); G01R 33/48 (2006.01); G01R 33/565 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/5602 (2013.01); G01R 33/4824 (2013.01); G01R 33/56509 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a method includes processing magnetic resonance (MR) data according to a process including applying a density filter to blades of k-space data rotated about a section of k-space. Each blade may include a first set of encode lines weighted in a first signal weighting and a second set of encode lines weighted in a second signal weighting. The density filter may be configured to preferentially weight each blade in the first signal weighting to produce blades of weighted k-space data.