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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2013
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Peter Vernickel, Hamburg, DE;
Daniel Wirtz, Hamburg, DE;
Christoph Leussler, Hamburg, DE;
Peter Mazurkewitz, Hamburg, DE;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention provides for a medical instrument () comprising a magnetic resonance imaging system (), a transducer () for mechanically vibrating at least a portion of the subject within the imaging zone. Instructions cause a processor () controlling the medical instrument to: control () the transducer to vibrate; control () the magnetic resonance imaging system to repeatedly acquire the magnetic resonance data () using a first spatially encoding pulse sequence (); control () the magnetic resonance imaging system to acquire navigator data () using a second spatially encoding pulse sequence (); construct () a set of navigator profiles () using the navigator data; determine () at least one parameter () descriptive of transducer vibrations using the set of navigator profiles; and reconstruct () at least one magnetic resonance rheology image () from the magnetic resonance data.