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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2015
Applicants:
Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited, Haifa, IL;
The Medical Research, Infrastructure and Health Services Fund of the Tel-aviv Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/483 (2006.01); A61B 5/05 (2006.01); G01R 33/56 (2006.01); G01R 33/561 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/003 (2013.01); G01R 33/4835 (2013.01); G01R 33/561 (2013.01); G01R 33/5602 (2013.01); G01R 33/5608 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for reconstructing high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) slices, including: receiving a thick MRI slice of bodily tissue acquired using a single MRI scan, wherein the thick slice has a high SNR; receiving two thin MRI slices of the bodily tissue acquired using a single MRI scan, wherein each of the two thin MRI slices has a low SNR; and reconstructing multiple high SNR thin slices of the bodily tissue using the thick slice and the two thin slices.