Real-time, interactive volumetric magnetic resonance imaging

US8068893B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services · US

Inventors

• Michael Guttman · McLean, US
• Elliot McVeigh · Phoenix, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 14, 2002
• Grant date: Nov 29, 2011
• Expiry date: Mar 31, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01R33/56308
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method of producing volume renderings from magnetic resonance image data in real time with user interactivity. The method comprises collecting raw magnetic resonance image (MRI) data representative of shapes within an image volume; transferring the raw MRI data to a computer; and continuously producing volume renderings from the raw MRI data in real time with respect to the act of collecting raw MRI data representative of shapes within the image volume.