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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2013
Applicant:
GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, Llc, Waukesha, WI (US);
Inventors:
Yoshikazu Ikezaki, Tokyo, JP;
Marie Uno, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/56 (2006.01); G01R 33/563 (2006.01); G01R 33/561 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/56 (2013.01); G01R 33/56366 (2013.01); G01R 33/5616 (2013.01);
Abstract
A labeling area determining apparatus is provided. The labeling area determining apparatus includes a detecting device configured to detect a tilt of a head relative to a body axial direction of a subject to be imaged by an arterial spin labeling method, and a determining device configured to determine a tilt of a labeling area of spins relative to the body axial direction of the subject, based on the tilt of the head detected by the detecting device.