The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
May. 07, 2014
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (US);
Siemens Medical Solutions Usa, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Jonathan Rizzo Polimeni, Cambridge, MA (US);
Himanshu Bhat, Cambridge, MA (US);
Keith Aaron Heberlein, Charlestown, MA (US);
Kawin Setsompop, Charlestown, MA (US);
Thomas Witzel, Boston, MA (US);
Stephen Farman Cauley, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A method for accelerated segmented magnetic resonance (MR) image data acquisition includes using a plurality of RF pulses to excite one or more slices of an anatomical area of interest according to a predetermined slice acceleration factor. Next, a collapsed image comprising the slices is acquired using a consecutive segment acquisition process. Then, a parallel image reconstruction method is applied to the collapsed image to separate the collapsed image into a plurality of slice images.