Methods for setting a MRI sequence

US10422844B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE

Inventors

• Thorsten Feiweier · Peising, DE
• Andreas Greiser · Erlangen, DE
• Uvo Hölscher · Erlangen, DE
• Thorsten Speckner · Erlangen, DE
• David Grodzki · Erlangen, DE
• Mathias Nittka · Baiersdorf, DE
• Daniel Nico Splitthoff · Uttenreuth, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 16, 2017
• Grant date: Sep 24, 2019
• Expiry date: Jan 16, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01R33/385
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for setting a MRI sequence, a magnetic resonance device, and a computer program product are provided. The method includes providing, by a limitation unit, at least one limitation; providing, by a parameter provision unit, a plurality of parameters of the sequence, wherein at least one parameter of the plurality of parameters is assigned to a default parameter value; selecting, by a selection unit, a parameter of the plurality of parameters; determining, by a simulation unit, at least one sequential pattern based on at least one default parameter value of the default parameter values; determining, by an analysis unit, a permissible range of parameter values of the selected parameter based on at least one sequential pattern and the at least one limitation; and establishing, by an establishment unit, a new parameter value of the selected parameter within the permissible range of the parameter values.