Method and device for controlling image data acquisition and image reconstruction

US8073225B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Ulrich Hagen · Trailsdorf, DE
• Oliver Heid · Erlangen, DE
• Thomas Kluge · Vallendar, DE
• Markus Vester · Koblenzer Straße, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 9, 2006
• Grant date: Dec 6, 2011
• Expiry date: Apr 6, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01R33/5608
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In a method and a device for optimization of a combined system for the acquisition of magnetic resonance tomographic measurement data and an image reconstruction process, the image reconstruction process is already executed during the acquisition of the measurement data, by the calculation process being deconstructed into calculation packets, and rules are defined that establish which requirements must be met for the execution of the respective calculation packet. The calculation process is reorganized into a workflow structure based on the calculation packets and the rules. The calculation process is controlled using the generated workflow structure synchronized to the acquisition process. The rules entirely describe the calculation process, i.e. inclusive of all calculation packets and their logical dependencies. The stability of the calculation process is thus entirely independent of the chronological order of the measurement data acquisition.