Automated sequential planning of MR scans

US8565505B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KONINIKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. · NL

Inventors

• Cornelis Johannes Fransiscus Maria Bergmans · Eindhoven, NL
• Daniel Bystrov · Hamburg, DE
• Harald Sepp Heese · Hamburg, DE
• Marc Kouwenhoven · Eindhoven, NL
• Johan Michiel Den Harder · Eindhoven, NL
• Arjan Willem Simonetti · Eindhoven, NL
• Wendy De Kok · Eindhoven, NL

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 2, 2009
• Grant date: Oct 22, 2013
• Expiry date: May 17, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01R33/56383
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method of acquiring at least one clinical MRI image of a subject comprising the following steps: acquiring a first survey image with a first field of view, the first survey image having a first spatial resolution,—locating a first region of interest and at least one anatomical landmarks in the first survey image, determining the position and the orientation of the first region of interest using the anatomical landmarks, the position and the orientation of the first region being used for—planning a second survey image,—acquiring the second survey image with a second field of view, the second survey image having a second spatial resolution, the second spatial resolution being higher than the first spatial resolution, generating a geometry planning for the anatomical region of interest using the second survey image,—acquiring a diagnostic image of the anatomical region of interest using the geometry planning.