Method and device for automatic determination of a flow of a bodily fluid within vessels of an organism

US9026191B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Stefan Assmann · Erlangen, DE
• Okan Ekinci · Uttenreuth, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 7, 2008
• Grant date: May 5, 2015
• Expiry date: Jun 8, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T5/10
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In a method and device for automatic determination of a flow of a bodily fluid within vessels of an organism by a magnetic resonance, a magnetic resonance angiography to procedure is implemented generate magnetic resonance angiography images, a of magnetic resonance flow measurement is implemented to generate magnetic resonance flow images, and the magnetic resonance angiography images are applied to the magnetic resonance flow images as a mask to produce a resulting image depicting vessels with flow therein.