IP Library Granted Patent US 10,436,868
Granted Patent B2
US 10,436,868 · App. 14/828,646 · Granted Oct 8, 2019

Signal processing in a magnetic resonance tomography device

Inventor: Nikolaus Demharter (Dormitz, DE)
Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
G01R33/543G01R33/3607G01R33/3621G01R33/3671G01R33/482G01R33/4816G01R33/4818G01R33/4822G01R33/4824G01R33/4826G01R33/4828
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Patent No.
US 10,436,868
App. No.
14/828,646
Granted
Oct 8, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A magnetic resonance tomography system includes a computer configured to implement signal processing of transmit signals and/or receive signals. The signal processing is configured to implement a mixer, an upsampler, a decimator, a filter, or any combination thereof.

Claims (35)

1. A magnetic resonance tomography system comprising:

a computer comprising:

a memory in which computer-readable instructions are stored;

a processor configured by the computer-readable instructions to implement signal processing of transmit signals and receive signals; and

a mixer, an upsampler, a decimator, a filter, or any combination thereof configured for the signal processing of the transmit signals and the receive signals with the memory and the processor,

wherein the processor is configured by the computer-readable instructions to establish coherence between a transmit signal and a receive signal by sampling the transmit signal by a temporal relation of the receive signal relative to the transmit signal via a time stamp in data representing the receive signal,

wherein the computer is configured to generate a magnetic resonance tomography image using the receive signal determining a phase relationship from the time stamp data, and

wherein the magnetic resonance tomography system is configured to store or display the generated magnetic resonance tomography image.

2. The magnetic resonance tomography system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured by the computer-readable instructions to implement the upsampler for the signal processing of the transmit signals.

3. The magnetic resonance tomography system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured by the computer-readable instructions to implement the decimator for the signal processing of the receive signals.

4. The magnetic resonance tomography system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured by the computer-readable instructions to implement the filter for the signal processing of the transmit signals, the receive signals, or both the transmit and receive signals.

5. The magnetic resonance tomography system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured by the computer-readable instructions to implement the mixer for the signal processing of the transmit signals, the receive signals, or both the transmit and receive signals.

6. The magnetic resonance tomography system of claim 1 , wherein the magnetic resonance tomography system is configured to record the receive signal in a receive path and the transmit signal, and to implement phase-sensitive methods of signal processing to calculate coherence information for the receive signal from the transmit signal.

7. A method for signal processing in a magnetic resonance tomography system, the method comprising:

signal processing, by a computer of the magnetic resonance tomography system, transmit signals and receive signals, wherein the signal processing is configured to implement a mixer, an upsampler, a decimator, a filter, or any combination thereof, and wherein the signal processing comprises sampling a transmit signal by a temporal relation of a receive signal relative to the transmit signal via a time stamp in data representing the receive signal, therein establishing coherence between the transmit signal and the receive signal;

generating, by the computer, a magnetic resonance tomography image using the processed receive signal determining a phase relationship from the time stamp data; and

storing or displaying the generated magnetic resonance tomography image.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein implementing the signal processing comprises implementing the upsampler for the signal processing of the transmit signals.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein implementing the signal processing comprises implementing the decimator for the signal processing of the receive signals.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein implementing the signal processing comprises implementing the filter for the signal processing of the transmit signals, the receive signals, or both the transmit and receive signals.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein implementing the signal processing comprises implementing the mixer for the signal processing of the transmit signals, the receive signals, or both the transmit and receive signals.

12. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

recording the receive signal and the transmit signal in a receive path of the magnetic resonance tomography system; and

calculating coherence information for the receive signal from the transmit signal with phase-sensitive methods of signal processing.

13. A magnetic resonance tomography system comprising:

a computer comprising:

a memory in which computer-readable instructions are stored;

a processor configured by the computer-readable instructions to implement signal processing of transmit signals and receive signals;

a first mixer configured to generate a transmit signal;

an upsampler configured to convert the transmit signal to a higher sampling range;

a first filter configured to filter the upsampled transmit signal;

a second mixer configured to synchronize a signal received from hardware of the magnetic resonance tomography system and a transmit signal received from the first mixer;

a second filter configured to filter the synchronized signal from the second mixer; and

a decimator configured to downsample the filtered signal from the second filter to a lower sampling range,

wherein the computer is configured to process the downsampled signal to generate a magnetic resonance tomography image.

Assignments (4)
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 May 13, 2020
From: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
Reel/Frame 052653/0131 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 7, 2016
From: DEMHARTER, NIKOLAUS
To: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 037433/0495 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2014 216 402 · Aug 19, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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