Abstract:
Parallel imaging magnetic resonance reconstruction is performed with temporal sensitivity. Rather than estimate the coil sensitivity once for each coil of an array, the coil sensitivity at different times is estimated. The movement of the patient may result in different sensitivities at different times. By using the time varying sensitivity in iterative, self-consistent, non-linear parallel imaging, real-time imaging may be provided with stable artifacts in view of increasing SNR even with higher reduction factors (e.g., 4-6).
Abstract:
A method for identifying a region of interest within a time sequence of images includes acquiring a time sequence of images comprising a plurality of image frames. Image segmentation is performed to segment a region of interest (ROI) from within each of the plurality of image frames of the time sequence of images. Manual edits are received for the ROI within one or more of the plurality of image frames. The manual edits are propagated to other image frames of the plurality of images. An extent to which each of the manual edits are propagated to other image frames is dependent upon a transformation function or deformation field used to propagate the manual edits and a weighing factor that is influenced by a distance in time between the other image frames and the frames that have been manually edited.
Abstract:
A method (100) of processing myocardial MR perfusion images that corrects imaging errors arising from myocardial motion and B-1 field inhomogeneity (115-135); segments the myocardium images (140, 145); and calculates perfusion measures that enable analysis of the segmented myocardium images (150).
Abstract:
Method of correcting cardiac perfusion MR imaging for inhomogeneities (430) caused by non-uniform receiver coil fields using proton density weighted images (410) and B-Spline Free-Form Deformation (425).