摘要:
The invention relates to a method for compensating patient movements in MRI scans in real time and to a device suitable for carrying out said method. The method involves the following steps: optically sensing a marking element (5) connected to a patient (3) by means of an image sensor module (7) of an MRI-compatible camera (2) which is positioned inside an MRI device; transferring the image data detected by the image sensor module (7) to a micro-controller module (11) which is integrated in the MRI-compatible camera (2); calculating position data of the marking element (5) in the micro-controller module (11); and transmitting the position data to an external analyzing unit or to the MRI device in real time.
摘要:
Techniques for correcting measurement artifacts in MR thermometry predict or anticipate movements of objects (e.g. a thermal treatment device) and/or movements of the patient (e.g. respiratory motion) in or near an MR imaging region that may potentially affect a phase background and then acquire a library of reference phase images corresponding to different phase backgrounds that result from the predicted movements. For each phase image subsequently acquired, one reference phase image is selected from the library of reference phase images to serve as the baseline image for temperature measurement purposes. To avoid measurement artifacts that arise from phase wrapping, the phase shift associated with each phase image is calculated incrementally, that is, by accumulating phase increments from each pair of consecutively scanned phase images.
摘要:
A magnetic resonance imaging diagnostic apparatus for flow-sensitive susceptibility-weighted MRI includes a generating unit (6,7) which generates a slice gradient magnetic field, a phase-encode gradient magnetic field and a read-out gradient magnetic field that extend in a slice axis, a phase-encode axis and a read-out axis, respectively, a setting unit (16) which sets a dephase amount for weighting a signal-level decrease resulting from flows in the arteries and veins present in a region of interest of a subject (200), with respect to at least one axis selected form the slice axis, phase-encode axis and read-out axes, and a control unit (10,16) which controls the generating unit (6,7) by using a pulse sequence for a gradient echo system, which includes a dephase gradient-magnetic-field pulse that corresponds to the dephase amount set by the setting unit (16) for the at least one axis.
摘要:
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus comprises a data acquisition system with motion compensation means for acquiring an image data set in respect of a moving object within an imaging region, the image data set comprising a plurality of acquisitions each in respect of one or more slice planes. Further there are means for averaging, on a slice- by-slice basis, said plurality of acquisitions to generate a single, average image set of said moving object. Also means are provided for calculating the actual scan location of all of said slice planes from all of said acquisitions, means for averaging a selected set of slice planes to generate a single, average image set of a static object within said imaging region. This averaging results in a high image quality in respect of the moving object (12) because for the static object, slice locations change for each acquisition.
摘要:
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a blood flow velocity acquiring unit that acquires a flow velocity of the blood flow of an object, a capturing condition setting unit that, on the basis of the flow velocity of the blood flow acquired by the blood flow velocity acquiring unit, sets at least one of a transmitting phase of a transmitted exciting pulse, a transmitting phase of a refocusing pulse, a shift amount of the relative phase difference between the transmitted exciting phase and the refocusing pulse, and an intensity of a gradient pulse in a readout direction as a capturing condition, and a blood flow image capturing unit that creates a blood flow image of the object by performing an imaging scan on the basis of the capturing condition set by the capturing condition setting unit.
摘要:
A magnetic resonance imaging diagnostic apparatus (100) includes a generating unit (6,7) which generates a slice gradient magnetic field, a phase-encode gradient magnetic field and a read-out gradient magnetic field that extend in a slice axis, a phase-encode axis and a read-out axis, respectively, a setting unit (16) which sets a dephase amount for weighting a signal-level decrease resulting from flows in the arteries and veins present in a region of interest of a subject (200), with respect to at least one axis selected form the slice axis, phase-encode axis and read-out axes, and a control unit (10,16) which controls the generating unit (6,7) by using a pulse sequence for a gradient echo system, which includes a dephase gradient-magnetic-field pulse that corresponds to the dephase amount set by the setting unit (16) for the at least one axis. The apparatus may be used for flow imaging, susceptibility-weighted imagning and in the context of black blood preparation, gradient moment nulling and parallel MRI.
摘要:
A diagnostic imaging arrangement comprises a magnetic resonance examination (1) system to acquire magnetic resonance signals and an emission tomography system (2) to acquire nuclear decay signals. An analysis module (4) is provided to derive motion correction(s) from the magnetic resonance signals. A reconstruction module (5) reconstructs a motion corrected emission tomographic image from the nuclear decay signals on the basis of the motion correction. Also a therapeutic arrangement is disclosed with a diagnostic imaging arrangement and a therapy module, with a system controller is further coupled to the therapy module and has the function to control the therapy module on the basis of image information generated by the diagnostic imaging system.