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Physical motion information capturing of a subject during magnetic resonce imaging automatically motion corrected by the magnetic resonance system

US8653816B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 4, 2009
Grant dateFeb 18, 2014
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Expiry dateAug 1, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01R33/56509
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Systems, methods and articles of manufacture are disclosed for compensating for motion of a subject during an MRI scan of the subject. k-space data may be received from the MRI scan of the subject. Motion information may be received for the subject. Based on the received motion information, a translational motion of the subject may be determined between a first point in time and a second point in time. A search space for motion correction may be reduced using the determined change and an error margin of the capturing technique. A motion-compensated, graphical image of the subject may be generated using the reduced search space.

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