IP Library Granted Patent US 12,535,546
Granted Patent B2
US 12,535,546 · App. 18/374,719 · Granted Jan 27, 2026

Image data creation using magnetic resonance

Inventor: Mario Zeller (Erlangen, DE)
Assignee: Siemens Healthineers AG
G01R33/5608G01R33/543G06T11/005G06T11/006
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Patent No.
US 12,535,546
App. No.
18/374,719
Granted
Jan 27, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for creating image data of an examination object using a magnetic resonance system, including: acquiring a first and at least a second set of measurement data at least of one slice, wherein during each acquisition of measurement data different acceleration factors and/or different field of view shift factors are used; and reconstructing image data based on the acquired sets of measurement data.

Claims (29)

1 . A method for creating image data of an examination object using a magnetic resonance system, comprising:

acquiring a first set of measurement data at least of one slice of the examination object;

acquiring at least a second set of measurement data of the same at least one slice of the examination object, wherein the first set of measurement data and each acquired second set of measurement data are respectively acquired using different acceleration factors and/or using different field of view shift factors; and

reconstructing image data of the at least one slice based on the first set of measurement data and the second set of measurement data.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

reconstructing first image data from the first set of measurement data; and

reconstructing second image data from the second set of measurement data on the basis of which the image data of the at least one slice is reconstructed.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

combining the first set of measurement data and the second set of measurement data in the k-space to form a combined set of measurement data; and

reconstructing the image data of the at least one slice from the combined set of measurement data.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

reconstructing image data using a parallel acquisition technique or a compressed sensing method.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the reconstruction of the image data comprises:

applying a trained reconstruction function to input data that is based on the acquired first set of measurement data and the at least one acquired second set of measurement data; and

determining output data which comprises image data.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first set of measurement data and all acquired second sets of measurement data comprise measurement data from at least two simultaneously acquired slices and the reconstruction reconstructs image data of individual slices from the measurement data which is simultaneously acquired from the at least two slices.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

averaging image data that is reconstructed from different acquired sets of measurement data at least of a same slice to obtain averaged image data.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first set of measurement data and at least one second acquired set of measurement data are sets of acquired measurement data acquired within a framework of a Dixon method, in which different spin species which are included in an examination object are in different phase positions with respect to one another.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first set of measurement data and at least one second acquired set of measurement data are measurement data acquired within a diffusion method framework.

10 . A magnetic resonance system, comprising:

a magnet unit;

a gradient unit;

a radio-frequency unit; and

a control facility, comprising:

a radio-frequency transmit/receive control; and

an assignment unit,

wherein the control facility is designed to perform a method of claim 1 on the magnetic resonance system.

11 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising commands which when executed by a control facility of a magnetic resonance system cause the control facility to perform the method of claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2025
From: ZELLER, MARIO
To: SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG
Reel/Frame 070460/0148 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 20, 2023
From: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
To: SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG
Reel/Frame 066267/0346 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2022 210 432.3 · Sep 30, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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