MAGNETIC RESONANCE FINGERPRINTING WITH REDUCED SENSITIVITY TO INHOMOGENEITIES IN THE MAIN MAGNETIC FIELD

    公开(公告)号:US20180106876A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-04-19

    申请号:US15565194

    申请日:2016-04-13

    Abstract: The invention provides for a magnetic resonance system (100) comprising a magnet (104) for generating a main magnetic field within the measurement zone and a magnetic field gradient system (110, 112) for generating a gradient magnetic field within the measurement zone in at least one direction by supplying current to a set of magnetic gradient coils (112) for each of the at least one direction. Instructions cause a a processor (130) controlling the magnetic resonance system, wherein execution of the machine executable instructions causes the processor to acquire (200) the magnetic resonance data by controlling the magnetic resonance system with pulse sequence commands. The pulse sequence commands (140) cause the magnetic resonance system to acquire the magnetic resonance data according to a magnetic resonance fingerprinting technique. The pulse sequence commands specify a train (500) of pulse sequence repetitions (502, 504), each with a fixed repetition time (302). Each repetition comprises either a radio frequency pulse (310) chosen from a distribution of radio frequency pulses or a sampling event (404) occurring at a fixed delay (316) from the start of the pulse sequence repetition. The pulse sequence commands specify the application of gradient (308) magnetic fields in the at least one direction by controlling the supplied current to the set of gradient coils. Each of the set of magnetic gradient coils the integral of current supplied is a constant for each fixed repetition time. The instructions further cause the processor to calculate (202) the abundance of each of a set of predetermined substances by comparing the magnetic resonance data with a magnetic resonance fingerprinting dictionary (144).

    MAGNETIC RESONANCE FINGERPRINTING DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20170328973A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-16

    申请号:US15527028

    申请日:2015-11-16

    Abstract: A method of employing a central computer database (18) for supporting a characterization of tissue by magnetic resonance fingerprinting measurements, including steps of —exciting nuclei of a subject of interest by applying (50) a radio frequency excitation field B1 generated according to a magnetic resonance fingerprinting sequence (38), —acquiring (52) magnetic resonance imaging signal data from radiation emitted by excited nuclei of the subject of interest, —transferring (54) a magnetic resonance fingerprinting data set (42) to the central computer database (18), —retrieving (56) a predefined dictionary from the central computer database (18), —matching (60) the acquired magnetic resonance imaging signal data to the retrieved dictionary by applying a pattern recognition algorithm to determine a value (40) or a set of values (40) for at least one physical quantity (T1, T2), —adding (62) at least the determined value (40) or the determined set of values (40) as a new entry of an associated medical data set (36) to the central computer database (18), and —making (64) the new entry of an associated medical data set (36) accessible to users of the central computer database (18); and —a magnetic resonance fingerprinting data collection and analysis system (10) comprising a central computer database, a data receiving unit (20), a data output unit (22) and a data analysis device (26) configured to carry out the method.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HOSPITAL ASSET LOGISTICS OPTIMIZATION

    公开(公告)号:US20220310240A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-29

    申请号:US17615860

    申请日:2020-05-25

    Abstract: A system (10) for hospital asset logistics optimization includes a real-time locating service (RTLS) (18) configured to perform tracking of current locations of hospital personnel and items of medical equipment, wherein the tracking is referenced to a hospital map. At least one electronic processor (16) is programmed to: identify and/or receive identification of items of medical equipment to be transported and destinations for the respective items of medical equipment to be transported; associate the items of medical equipment to be transported with individuals from amongst the hospital personnel based on the current locations of the items of medical equipment to be transported and the current locations of the associated individuals; and transmit transport requests to associated mobile devices (52) of the associated individuals wherein each transport request identifies at least the item of equipment to be transported that is associated with the individual and its destination.

    COMBINED ARTERIAL SPIN LABELING AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE FINGERPRINTING

    公开(公告)号:US20200050819A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-13

    申请号:US16339858

    申请日:2017-10-09

    Abstract: The invention provides for a method of operating a magnetic resonance imaging system for imaging a subject. The method comprises acquiring (700) tagged magnetic resonance data (642) and a first portion (644) of fingerprinting magnetic resonance data by controlling the magnetic resonance imaging system with tagging pulse sequence commands (100). The tagging pulse sequence commands comprise a tagging inversion pulse portion (102) for spin labeling a tagging location within the subject. The tagging pulse sequence commands comprise a background suppression portion (104). The background suppression portion comprises MRF pulse sequence commands for acquiring fingerprinting magnetic resonance data according to a magnetic resonance fingerprinting protocol. The tagging pulse sequence commands comprise an image acquisition portion (106). The method comprises acquiring (702) control magnetic resonance data (646) and a second portion (648) of the fingerprinting magnetic resonance data by controlling the magnetic resonance imaging system with control pulse sequence commands. The control pulse sequence commands comprise a control inversion pulse portion (202). The control pulse sequence commands comprise the background suppression portion (104′). The control pulse sequence commands comprise the image acquisition portion (106). The method comprises reconstructing (704) tagged magnitude images (650) using the tagged magnetic resonance data. The method comprises reconstructing (706) a control magnitude images (652) using the control magnetic resonance data. The method comprises constructing (708) an ASL image by subtracting the control magnitude images and the tagged magnitude images from each other. The method comprises reconstructing (710) a series of magnetic resonance fingerprinting images (656) using the first portion of the fingerprinting magnetic resonance data and/or the second portion of the fingerprinting magnetic resonance data. The method comprises generating (712) at least one magnetic resonance parametric map (658) by comparing the series of magnetic resonance fingerprinting images with a magnetic resonance fingerprinting dictionary.

    MAGNETIC FIELD GRADIENT COILS WITH CLOSELY PACKED WINDINGS AND METHODS OF MANUFATURING SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20180372821A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-27

    申请号:US16063305

    申请日:2016-12-21

    Abstract: A magnetic field z-gradient coil is manufactured by inserting elements (38) into openings (36) on an outside of an insulating carrier (32), wrapping an electrical conductor turn (34) around the outside of the insulating carrier with one side of the wrapped electrical conductor alongside elements inserted into openings on the outside of the insulating carrier, removing the elements alongside the one side of the wrapped electrical conductor from the openings, and repeating to wrap conductor turns of a z-gradient coil (20) around the electrically insulating carrier. A transverse magnetic field gradient coil is manufactured by laying electrical conductor (44) onto a mold (50) with a keying feature (46, 46a) extending along the conductor engaging a mating keying feature (52, 52a) of the mold that defines a winding pattern (56), attaching an insulating back plate (58) to the resulting coil section opposite from the mold, and removing the mold.

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