MR imaging system for automatically providing incidental findings
US9013184B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 26, 2012 |
| Grant date | Apr 21, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 4, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R33/543
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system automatically concurrently performs an MR image study acquisition and supplementary image data acquisition. The system includes a detector for providing a signal indicating individual portions of an imaging scan using a first imaging method have ceased. An image data processor automatically concurrently interleaves imaging of a first anatomical portion using the first imaging method and supplementary imaging of a second anatomical portion using a different second imaging method, in response to the signal. The image data processor incorporates identifier data in data representing images acquired using the second imaging method identifying images acquired using the second imaging method differently from images acquired using the first imaging method.
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