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Method for providing a magnetic resonance image from respiration-gated image data
Assignee: Siemens AG
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Filing: 1986-04-17
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Granted: 1988-03-01
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Expires: 2006-04-17
Abstract
Abstract A method and a device for the composition of an MR image with respiration-controlled recording of the spin echoes. The phase coding gradient of an MR equipment is stepped as a function of a motion phase of the respiratory motion once per respiration cycle. With a constant phase coding gradient several scans, possibly EKG-triggered, are then recorded within the respiration cycle. The spin echo signals recorded for each scan are stored in a first memory. In a second memory, the amplitude of the respiratory motion at the respective scan moment is stored. Then a comparison of all stored amplitude of the respiratory motion with a reference value R is made. For the composition of the MR image only that scan per respiration cycle is used for which the respective amplitude of the respiratory motion fulfills a given criterion with respect to the reference value R.
Inventors
- 👤 Siegfried Schneider
- 👤 Axel Wirth
- 👤 Wilfried Schajor
- 👤 Helmut Reichenberger
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 13:32
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01R; G01R33/00; G01R33/20; G01R33/44; G01R33/48; G01R33/54; G01R33/56; G01R33/567; G01R33/5673
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
131 words
A method for composing an MR image from respiration-gated scan data, comprising performing the following steps on an MR unit which derives spin echoes from MR scans and which utilizes a phase coding gradient to identify locations from which such spin echos originate: changing the phase coding gradient in steps through its entire range at most once per respiration cycle; conducting a plurality of MR scans at each phase coding gradient; storing, for each scan, all the spin echos; storing, for each scan, information relating to respiratory motion; comparing said information with a reference value in accordance with a predetermined criterion; determining, for each phase coding gradient, a best scan in which said criterion is best satisfied; and using only spin echos from said best scans to compose the MR image.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
131 words
A method for composing an MR image from respiration-gated scan data, comprising performing the following steps on an MR unit which derives spin echoes from MR scans and which utilizes a phase coding gradient to identify locations from which such spin echos originate: changing the phase coding gradient in steps through its entire range at most once per respiration cycle; conducting a plurality of MR scans at each phase coding gradient; storing, for each scan, all the spin echos; storing, for each scan, information relating to respiratory motion; comparing said information with a reference value in accordance with a predetermined criterion; determining, for each phase coding gradient, a best scan in which said criterion is best satisfied; and using only spin echos from said best scans to compose the MR image.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 1, wherein all scans are conducted in the same cardiac phase within the respiration cycle.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the information includes respiratory motion amplitude and said criterion is a minimum difference from the reference value.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 3, wherein said information includes the slope of the respiratory motion.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 4, wherein said criterion includes a desired slope.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of claim 1, wherein said step of using comprises the step of deriving Fourier rows from successive Fourier projections of spin echoes, and using selected ones of said Fourier rows.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 6, wherein said deriving step comprises the step of deriving 256 Fourier rows and said selected ones are between the 107th and 149th Fourier rows.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 1, wherein said reference value is a minimum standard deviation of respiratory motion amplitude for a predetermined number of Fourier rows.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
11 words
The method of claim 8, wherein said predetermined number is seven.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 1, further including the step of storing for each scan a time at which the scan is carried out.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the phase coding gradient is stepped as a function of respiratory motion phase.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the phase coding gradient is stepped once per respiration cycle.
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