Method for calibrating a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) phantom

    公开(公告)号:US10539642B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-21

    申请号:US15759254

    申请日:2016-09-06

    IPC分类号: G01R33/58 G01R33/54

    摘要: It is an object of the invention to improve MRI based treatment, especially MRI based radiotherapy. This object is achieved by a method for calibrating a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) phantom having an expected geometry and comprising at least one MRI detectable part with a position within the geometry which is known with a geometric inaccuracy. The method comprises the following steps: step 1: placing the phantom at a predetermined location in a magnetic resonance system such that the MRI detectable part is within a symmetry plane of a gradient system of the magnetic resonance imaging system and; step 2: acquiring an MRI image of the MRI detectable part of the phantom by means of a first sequence, wherein the MRI image comprises multiple slices; step 3: determining the geometric inaccuracy of the MRI detectable part of the MRI phantom based on the position and the representation of the part in the MRI image.