IP Library Granted Patent US 10,852,376
Granted Patent B2
US 10,852,376 · App. 16/529,601 · Granted Dec 1, 2020

Magnetic resonance imaging method and device

Inventors: Feng Huang (Shanghai, CN); Mingliang Chen (Liaoning, CN)
Assignee: Neusoft Medical Systems Co., Ltd.
G01R33/4822G01R33/5608G01R33/5619
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Patent No.
US 10,852,376
App. No.
16/529,601
Granted
Dec 1, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and devices for magnetic resonance imaging are provided. In one aspect, a method includes: obtaining undersampled k-space data as first partial k-space data by scanning a subject in an accelerated scanning manner, generating a first image by performing image reconstruction for the first partial k-space data according to a trained deep neural network and an explicit analytic solution imaging algorithm, obtaining mapped data of complete k-space by mapping the first image to k-space, extracting second partial k-space data from the mapped data of complete k-space, the second partial k-space data being distributed in the k-space at a same position as the first partial k-space data in the k-space, obtaining a residual image by performing image reconstruction according to the first partial k-space data and the second partial k-space data, and finally generating a magnetic resonance image of the subject by adding the first image with the residual image.

Claims (59)

1. A magnetic resonance imaging method comprising:

obtaining undersampled k-space data as first partial k-space data by scanning a subject in an accelerated scanning manner;

generating a first image by performing image reconstruction for the first partial k-space data according to a trained first deep neural network and an explicit analytic solution imaging algorithm;

obtaining mapped data of complete k-space by mapping the first image to k-space;

extracting second partial k-space data from the mapped data of complete k-space, wherein the second partial k-space data is distributed in the k-space at a same position as the first partial k-space data in the k-space;

obtaining a residual image by performing image reconstruction according to the first partial k-space data and the second partial k-space data; and

generating a magnetic resonance image of the subject by adding the first image with the residual image.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the first image comprises:

obtaining a second image by performing partial reconstruction for the first partial k-space data with the explicit analytic solution imaging algorithm; and

generating the first image by performing complete reconstruction for the second image with the first deep neural network.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the accelerated scanning manner comprises one of random undersampling and variable-density undersampling, and

wherein the explicit analytic solution imaging algorithm comprises a GeneRalized Autocalibrating Partially Parallel Acquisition (GRAPPA) algorithm.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the accelerated scanning manner comprises uniform undersampling, and

wherein the explicit analytic solution imaging algorithm comprises a SENSitivity Encoding (SENSE) algorithm.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein obtaining a second image by performing partial reconstruction for the first partial k-space data with the explicit analytic solution imaging algorithm comprises:

generating fitting data based on the first partial k-space data by using a parallel imaging algorithm;

obtaining a particular partial k-space data based on the fitting data and the first partial k-space data by using a half-Fourier imaging algorithm; and

generating the second image by performing the partial reconstruction based on the particular partial k-space data.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the first image comprises:

obtaining a second image by performing partial reconstruction for the first partial k-space data with the first deep neural network; and

generating the first image by performing complete reconstruction for the second image with the explicit analytic solution imaging algorithm.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining the residual image by performing reconstruction according to the first partial k-space data and the second partial k-space data comprises:

obtaining residual k-space data by subtracting the first partial k-space data from the second partial k-space data; and

generating the residual image by performing sparse constraint reconstruction for the residual k-space data.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein generating the residual image comprises:

performing the sparse constraint reconstruction for the residual k-space data in combination with a parallel imaging algorithm, with an image support domain as a regularization term.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining mapped data of complete k-space by mapping the first image to k-space comprises:

obtaining the mapped data of complete k-space by mapping the first image to the k-space based on Fourier transform.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein mapping the first image to the k-space based on Fourier transform comprises:

multiplying the first image by a coil sensitivity map of a particular channel of a multi-channel array coil that is used for scanning the subject.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

obtaining a final magnetic resonance image of the subject by denoising the magnetic resonance image.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein denoising the magnetic resonance image comprises:

denoising the magnetic resonance image with a trained second deep neural network.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the trained second deep neural network is different from the trained first deep neural network.

14. A magnetic resonance imaging device, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory configured to store machine readable instructions corresponding to a control logic for magnetic resonance imaging;

wherein the processor is configured to read the machine readable instructions in the memory and execute the instructions to perform operations comprising:

obtaining undersampled k-space data as a first partial k-space data by scanning a subject in an accelerated scanning manner;

generating a first image by performing image reconstruction for the first partial k-space data according to a trained first deep neural network and an explicit analytic solution imaging algorithm;

obtaining mapped data of complete k-space by mapping the first image to k-space;

extracting second partial k-space data from the mapped data of complete k-space, wherein the second partial k-space data is distributed in the k-space at a same position as the first partial k-space data in the k-space;

obtaining a residual image by performing image reconstruction according to the first partial k-space data and the second partial k-space data; and

generating a magnetic resonance image of the subject by adding the first image with the residual image.

15. The device of claim 14 , wherein obtaining mapped data of complete k-space by mapping the first image to the k-space comprises:

obtaining the mapped data of complete k-space by mapping the first image to the k-space based on Fourier transform.

16. The device of claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprises:

obtaining a final magnetic resonance image of the subject by denoising the magnetic resonance image.

17. The device of claim 16 , wherein denoising the magnetic resonance image comprises:

denoising the magnetic resonance image with a trained second deep neural network that is different from the trained first deep neural network.

18. The device of claim 14 , wherein obtaining the residual image by performing reconstruction according to the first partial k-space data and the second partial k-space data comprises:

obtaining residual k-space data by performing subtraction for the second partial k-space data and the first partial k-space data; and

generating the residual image by performing sparse constraint reconstruction for the residual k-space data.

19. The device of claim 18 , wherein generating the residual image by performing sparse constraint reconstruction for the residual k-space data comprises:

with an image support domain as a regularization term, generating the residual image by performing the sparse constraint reconstruction for the residual k-space data in combination with a parallel imaging algorithm.

20. The device of claim 14 , wherein generating the first image by performing image reconstruction for the first partial k-space data according to the trained first deep neural network and the explicit analytic solution imaging algorithm comprises:

obtaining a second image by performing partial reconstruction for the first partial k-space data with the explicit analytic solution imaging algorithm; and

generating the first image by performing complete reconstruction for the second image with the first deep neural network.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2019
From: HUANG, FENG; CHEN, MINGLIANG
To: SHANGHAI NEUSOFT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049981/0243 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2019
From: SHANGHAI NEUSOFT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: NEUSOFT MEDICAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049982/0088 →
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