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Computer-implemented magnetic resonance image optimisation method

US12111374B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Healthineers AG · DE

Inventors

Raphael Tomi-Tricot · Les Ulis, FR
Radhouene Neji · London, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 26, 2022
Grant date	Oct 8, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 18, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01R33/5659
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A computer-implemented magnetic resonance image optimisation method is disclosed. An image of an object is mapped using a static magnetic field and divided into a plurality of voxels. Each voxel is represented in a Euclidean n-dimensional space, where n≥3, and clustered by grouping together voxels having similar characteristics to create homogenous clusters. The centre or centroid of each cluster is determined, and used, or the voxel closest to either the centre or the centroid is used, as a super-voxel in an optimisation procedure. An optimised diagnostic image of the object is then generated.

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