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Title:
SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC PLACEMENT OF SPATIAL SUPRESSION REGIONS IN MRI AND MRSI
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/050348
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A system and methods for imaging a patient organ. The system includes a MRI imaging apparatus communicating with a memory and processor. The method aligns the organ with a standardized organ, and includes a step of spatially normalizing the standardized organ to the patient organ. The method also provides optimized slices of the standardized organ and translates optimized slices of standardized organ into optimized slices of the patient organ. The method images the patient organ according to the optimized slices of the patient organ.

Inventors:
POSSE STEFAN (US)
VAN DER KOUWE ANDRE (US)
GAO KUNXIU (US)
ZHENG WELLI (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2010/053885
Publication Date:
August 04, 2011
Filing Date:
October 24, 2010
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Assignee:
STC UNM (US)
POSSE STEFAN (US)
VAN DER KOUWE ANDRE (US)
GAO KUNXIU (US)
ZHENG WELLI (US)
International Classes:
A61B5/055
Foreign References:
US20030144587A12003-07-31
US6740883B12004-05-25
US7259762B22007-08-21
US5657758A1997-08-19
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
VALAUSKAS, Charles, C. et al. (Suite 620Chicago, IL, US)
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