Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Detecting nuclear – electromagnetic – or ultrasonic radiation
Reexamination Certificate
2007-09-17
2011-12-20
Casler, Brian (Department: 3737)
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Detecting nuclear, electromagnetic, or ultrasonic radiation
C382S128000, C382S173000, C324S307000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08082019
ABSTRACT:
A method and system for automatic MR brain scan planning is disclosed. The method utilizes a set of 2D orthogonal localizer images to determine scanning planes for 3D diagnostic MR scans. A location of the mid-sagittal plane (MSP) is detected in each of a transversal localizer image and a coronal localizer image. A sagittal scanning plane is determined based on the location of the MSP in the transversal and coronal localizer images. A diagnostic sagittal MR scan is then acquired based on the sagittal scanning plane. The corpus callosum CC is segmented in a sagittal MR image slice resulting from the diagnostic sagittal MR scan. A transversal scanning plane can be determined based on a location of the CC in the sagittal MR image slice and the location of the MSP in the coronal localizer image, and a coronal scanning plane can be determined based on the location of the CC in the sagittal MR image slice and the location of the MSP in the transversal localizer image.
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Chen Hong
Novak Carol
Xu Qing
Zhang Li
Casler Brian
Lauritzen Amanda
Siemens Medical Solutions USA , Inc.
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