Magnetic resonance fingerprinting method and apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US11639978B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-02

    申请号:US16448757

    申请日:2019-06-21

    IPC分类号: G01R33/48 G01R33/56 G01R33/50

    摘要: In a method and apparatus for determining parameter values in voxels of an examination object using magnetic resonance fingerprinting (MRF), a first signal comparison is made of signal characteristics of established voxel time series with first comparison signal characteristics. Further synthetic comparison signal characteristics are generated from the first comparison signal characteristics and values determined in the first signal comparison. The generated further comparison signal characteristics are used to perform a further signal comparison, with which values of at least a first and a second further parameter are determined. From the further comparison signal characteristics, a value of at least one further parameter is determined that could not necessarily already be determined in the first signal comparison.

    MAGNETIC RESONANCE FINGERPRINTING METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20220229136A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-21

    申请号:US17610374

    申请日:2020-05-06

    摘要: Determining parameter values in image points of an examination object in an MR system by an MRF technique. Comparison signal waveforms, established using predetermined recording parameters, and each assigned to predetermined values of the parameters to be determined, are loaded. An image point time series of the examination object is acquired with an MRF recording method such that the acquired image point time series are comparable with the loaded comparison signal waveforms. A signal comparison of a section of the respective signal waveform of the acquired one image point time series is carried out with a corresponding section of loaded comparison signal waveforms to establish similarity values. The values of the parameters to be determined on the basis of the most similar comparison signal waveforms determined are determined, and then stored or output.

    ACQUISITION OF DATA OF AN EXAMINATION OBJECT BY MEANS OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE WITH IMPROVED TIME MANAGEMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20210096199A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-01

    申请号:US17032732

    申请日:2020-09-25

    摘要: Techniques are disclosed for acquiring data of an examination object in at least two slices by means of a pulse sequence. Time intervals between excitations of neighboring slices and associated minimum intervals are determined. From these, time intervals to be adapted between excitations of neighboring slices are determined and adapted before a measurement protocol is executed, with the adapted time intervals. Through the determination of a minimum time interval between excitations of neighboring slices and the adaptation of the time intervals between excitations of neighboring slices, a falsification of measurement results can be avoided, measurement time of the chosen measurement protocol is not increased, and the user is not restricted in their choice of the slices to be excited.

    Magnetic resonance fingerprinting method and apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US10921406B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-16

    申请号:US16441383

    申请日:2019-06-14

    摘要: In a magnetic resonance fingerprinting method and apparatus for improved determination of local parameter values of an examination object, in which at least two signal comparisons of acquired picture element time series are carried out with comparison signal curves for determination of parameter values. A further (subsequent) signal comparison takes into account results of a preceding signal comparison. This multi-stage determination of parameter values allows an increase of the spatial resolution and the precision with which the parameter values can be determined.

    Magnetic resonance fingerprinting with dictionary recompression

    公开(公告)号:US11209511B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-28

    申请号:US16420427

    申请日:2019-05-23

    摘要: Techniques are disclosed for providing a first magnetic resonance fingerprinting dictionary using fingerprints having a first length. A transformation matrix is also utilized that is configured to shorten the fingerprints to a second length that is shorter than the first length. A second magnetic resonance fingerprinting dictionary may then be obtained by multiplying the first magnetic resonance fingerprinting dictionary with the transformation matrix, with the fingerprints of the magnetic resonance fingerprinting dictionary having the second length. This facilitates the storage of a MRF dictionary that takes up less storage space and decreases the time taken to perform scanning operations.