IP Library Granted Patent US 10,001,539
Granted Patent B2
US 10,001,539 · App. 14/817,298 · Granted Jun 19, 2018

Method for determining a type of a reconstruction of image data from a magnetic resonance measurement of an examination object by means of a magnetic resonance device

Inventors: Christoph Forman (Erlangen, DE); Jens Wetzl (Oberasbach, DE)
Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
G01R33/5673G01R33/56509
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Patent No.
US 10,001,539
App. No.
14/817,298
Granted
Jun 19, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method is for determining a type of reconstruction of image data from a magnetic resonance measurement of an examination object by way of a magnetic resonance device. In an embodiment, the method includes determining at least one first parameter which includes information about a breathing process of the examination object; comparing the at least one first parameter with at least one second parameter from a maintained database; and determining a type of reconstruction of image data of the magnetic resonance measurement according to the comparison that has been made. In an example embodiment, at least one of the at least one first parameter and the at least one second parameter is derived from a histogram of respiratory phases and the maintained database includes a self-learning system.

Claims (31)

1. A method for determining a type of reconstruction of image data from a magnetic resonance measurement of an examination object via a magnetic resonance device, the method comprising:

determining at least one first parameter which comprises information about a breathing process of the examination object;

comparing the at least one first parameter with at least one second parameter from a maintained database; and

determining the type of reconstruction of image data from the magnetic resonance measurement according to the comparison.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the at least one first parameter and the at least one second parameter is derived from a histogram of respiratory phases.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein at least one of the at least one first parameter and the at least one second parameter includes at least one regression coefficient.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the type of reconstruction of image data from the magnetic resonance measurement comprises a breathing gating.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the type of reconstruction of image data from the magnetic resonance measurement comprises a movement-compensated reconstruction.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the at least one first parameter and the at least one second parameter includes at least one regression coefficient.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the type of reconstruction of image data from the magnetic resonance measurement comprises a breathing gating.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the type of reconstruction of image data from the magnetic resonance measurement comprises a movement-compensated reconstruction.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the type of reconstruction of image data from the magnetic resonance measurement comprises a breathing gating.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the type of reconstruction of image data from the magnetic resonance measurement comprises a movement-compensated reconstruction.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the maintained database comprises a self-learning system.

12. A memory unit of a programmable controller of a magnetic resonance device, including a computer program including program segments configured to execute the method of claim 1 upon the computer program being run in the controller of the magnetic resonance device.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising electronically readable control information stored thereon, configured in such that when the storage medium is used in a controller of a magnetic resonance device, the method of claim 1 is carried out.

14. A magnetic resonance device for the reconstruction of image data from a magnetic resonance measurement of an examination object, the magnetic resonance device comprising:

a reconstruction unit; and

a processing unit, the processing unit being designed to:

determine at least one first parameter which comprises information about a breathing process of the examination object,

compare the at least one first parameter with at least one second parameter from a maintained database, and

determine the type of reconstruction of image data from the magnetic resonance measurement, to be performed by the reconstruction unit, according to the comparison.

15. A method for determining a type of reconstruction of image data from a magnetic resonance measurement of an examination object via a magnetic resonance device from a group of at least two reconstruction methods, comprising:

determining at least one first parameter which comprises information about a breathing process of the examination object;

ascertaining at least one comparison value that describes an improvement in image quality between two of the at least two image reconstruction methods using a correlation that evaluates the at least one first parameter and described by regression coefficients, wherein the regression values are ascertained by a regression in training data which contains at least one second parameter, each corresponding to the at least one first parameter, each with associated comparison values; and

electing a reconstruction method for the image data from the magnetic resonance measurement as a function of the ascertained at least one comparison value.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein at least one of the at least one first parameter and the at least one second parameter are derived from a histogram of respiratory phases.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the reconstruction method comprises a weighted reconstruction according to retrospective breathing gating and a movement-compensated reconstruction.

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the reconstruction method comprises a weighted reconstruction according to retrospective breathing gating and a movement-compensated reconstruction.

19. A memory unit of a programmable controller of a magnetic resonance device, including a computer program including program segments configured to execute the method of claim 15 upon the computer program being run in the controller of the magnetic resonance device.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising electronically readable control information stored thereon, configured in such that when the storage medium is used in a controller of a magnetic resonance device, the method of claim 15 is carried out.

Assignments (5)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 066088 FRAME: 0256. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jan 17, 2024
From: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
To: SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG
Reel/Frame 071178/0246 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 20, 2023
From: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
To: SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG
Reel/Frame 066088/0256 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2018
From: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
Reel/Frame 047498/0984 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2015
From: FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAET ERLANGEN-NUERNBERG
To: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 036955/0633 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2015
From: FORMAN, CHRISTOPH; WETZL, JENS
To: FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAET ERLANGEN-NUERNBERG
Reel/Frame 036920/0305 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2014 216 751 · Aug 22, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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