System and method for adaptive magnetic resonance imaging workflows from prescan data for subjects with metal
US12078697B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 17, 2023 |
| Grant date | Sep 3, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 17, 2043 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R33/56536
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for performing a scan of a subject utilizing a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system includes initiating, via a processor, a prescan of the subject by an MRI scanner of the MRI system without a priori knowledge as to whether the subject has a metal implant. The computer-implemented method also includes executing, via the processor, a metal detection algorithm during a prescan entry point of the prescan to detect whether the metal implant is present in the subject. The computer-implemented method further includes determining, via the processor, to proceed with a calibration scan and the scan utilizing predetermined scan parameters when no metal implant is detected in the subject. The computer-implemented method even further includes switching, via the processor, into a metal implant scan mode when one or more metal implants are detected in the subject.
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