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US 11,107,211 · App. 15/930,884 · Granted Aug 31, 2021

Medical imaging method and system and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

Inventors: Dan Wu (Beijing, CN); Kun Wang (Beijing, CN); Weinan Tang (Beijing, CN); Longqing Wang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
G06T7/0012G06T7/80G06T2207/10088G06T2207/20081G06T2207/20084G06T2207/20182G06T2207/30004G06T2207/30168
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Patent No.
US 11,107,211
App. No.
15/930,884
Granted
Aug 31, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present application provides a medical imaging method and system and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The medical imaging method comprises identifying an image quality type of a medical image based on a trained learning network, and generating, based on the identified image quality type, a corresponding control signal for controlling a medical imaging system.

Claims (30)

1. A medical imaging method, comprising:

identifying an image quality type of a medical image based on a trained learning network;

generating, based on the identified image quality type, a corresponding control signal for controlling a medical imaging system;

wherein the image quality type comprises one or a plurality of artifact types; and

wherein when the medical image is identified as an acceleration artifact in a magnetic resonance image, a first control signal is generated to control the medical imaging system to send a warning signal for adjusting an acceleration factor.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein before the identifying an image quality type of a medical image, the method further comprises receiving, based on an instruction of a user, the medical image generated by the medical imaging system.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the learning network is obtained by training based on a data set of sample images and corresponding image quality types thereof.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the image quality type comprises one or a plurality of non-artifact types.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the identifying an image quality type of a medical image comprises analyzing a matching degree of an artifact in the medical image with the one or plurality of artifact types.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the identifying an image quality type of a medical image further comprises outputting an artifact type whose matching degree with the medical image is greater than a preset value or is on a preset ranking.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the medical image is identified as a motion artifact in a magnetic resonance image, a second control signal is generated to control the medical imaging system to send a warning signal about motion of a detected object.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the medical image is identified as a Nyquist artifact in a magnetic resonance image, a third control signal is generated to control the medical imaging system to start a calibration mode.

9. The method according to claim 5 , wherein when the medical image is identified as a Nyquist artifact in a magnetic resonance image, and the matching degree exceeds a preset threshold, a third control signal is generated to control the medical imaging system to start a calibration mode.

10. A medical imaging system, comprising:

an identification module, configured to identify, based on a trained learning network, an image quality type of a medical image generated by the medical imaging system;

a control module, configured to generate, based on the identified image quality type, a corresponding control signal for controlling the medical imaging system;

wherein the image quality type comprises one or a plurality of artifact types; and

wherein the control module comprises a first control unit configured to generate a first control signal based on an acceleration artifact type in a magnetic resonance image outputted by the identification module, so as to control the medical imaging system to send a warning signal for adjusting an acceleration factor.

11. The system according to claim 10 , further comprising:

a training module, configured to train the learning network based on a data set of sample images and corresponding image quality types thereof.

12. The system according to claim 10 , wherein the image quality type comprises one or a plurality of non-artifact types.

13. The system according to claim 10 , wherein the identification module outputs an artifact in the medical image and a matching degree of the artifact with the one or plurality of artifact types.

14. The system according to claim 10 , wherein the control module comprises a second control unit configured to generate a second control signal based on a motion artifact in a magnetic resonance image outputted by the identification module, so as to control the medical imaging system to send a warning signal about motion of a detected object.

15. The system according to claim 10 , wherein the control module comprises a third control unit configured to generate a third control signal based on a Nyquist artifact in a magnetic resonance image outputted by the identification module, so as to control the medical imaging system to start a calibration mode.

16. The system according to claim 15 , wherein the control module further comprises a matching degree comparison unit connected to the third control unit and configured to compare the matching degree outputted by the identification module with a preset threshold, and the third control unit generates the third control signal based on the Nyquist artifact outputted by the identification module and a result of the comparison.

17. The medical imaging method, comprising:

identifying an image quality type of a medical image based on a trained learning network;

generating, based on the identified image quality type, a corresponding control signal for controlling a medical imaging system;

wherein the image quality type comprises one or a plurality of artifact types; and

wherein the medical image is identified as a Nyquist artifact in a magnetic resonance image, a second control signal is generated to control the medical imaging system to start a calibration mode.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2020
From: WU, DAN; WANG, KUN; TANG, WEINAN; WANG, LONGQING
To: GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910456891.4 · May 29, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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