System and method for magnetic resonance brain scan planning
US8082019B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 17, 2007 |
| Grant date | Dec 20, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 14, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R33/4833
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method and system for automatic MR brain scan planning is disclosed. The method utilizes a set of 2D orthogonal localizer images to determine scanning planes for 3D diagnostic MR scans. A location of the mid-sagittal plane (MSP) is detected in each of a transversal localizer image and a coronal localizer image. A sagittal scanning plane is determined based on the location of the MSP in the transversal and coronal localizer images. A diagnostic sagittal MR scan is then acquired based on the sagittal scanning plane. The corpus callosum CC is segmented in a sagittal MR image slice resulting from the diagnostic sagittal MR scan. A transversal scanning plane can be determined based on a location of the CC in the sagittal MR image slice and the location of the MSP in the coronal localizer image, and a coronal scanning plane can be determined based on the location of the CC in the sagittal MR image slice and the location of the MSP in the transversal localizer image.
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