Method of motion tracking measurement in MR imaging system
US5545993A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 7, 1994 |
| Grant date | Aug 13, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 7, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R33/5676
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Physical quantities representing six kinds of freedom relating to parallel movement and rotation of an inspection object are detected during repetition of a measurement sequence of magnetic resonance imaging, and a direction and a position of a desired slice moved with parallel movement and rotation of the inspection object are calculated in accordance with the detection result. An intensity ratio of gradient magnetic fields in x-, y- and z-axes directions for synthesizing a slice direction gradient magnetic field, an intensity of a phase encoder gradient magnetic field and a read direction gradient magnetic field are determined so that a direction of an excitation slice coincides with the direction of the desired slice after movement. Similarly, a center frequency of excitation pulses is determined so that a position of the excitation slice coincides with the position of the desired slice after movement. Magnetic resonance signals are measured by imaging parameters so updated, and an image is reconstructed.
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