Method directed to magnetic resonance (MR) imaging simulation

Abstract

The present invention describes method directed to magnetic resonance (MR) imaging simulation, said method comprising—creating an empty 3D slice corresponding to a prescribed slice;—placing the empty 3D slice on the transversal XY plane of an image of an anatomical model;—calculating steps of rotation and translation that if applied would bring a volume-of-interest on the transversal XY plane;—calculating steps for undoing the rotation and translation performed;—applying the steps for undoing the rotation and translation performed on the empty 3D slice so as to bring it at the position of the prescribed slice in 3D space; and—calculating interpolated values of properties of the anatomical model at points of the empty 3D slice which have been placed at the position of the prescribed slice in 3D space, preferably wherein the method also involves a subsequent step of one-to-one matching of the calculated interpolated values with the corresponding points of the empty 3D slice on the transversal XY plane before calculating the steps of rotation and translation that, if applied, would bring the volume-of-interest on the XY plane, centered at 0, 0, 0.

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