Method and device for automatic determination of a flow of a bodily fluid within vessels of an organism
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsStefan Assmann, Okan Ekinci
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Abstract
In a method and device for automatic determination of a flow of a bodily fluid within vessels of an organism by a magnetic resonance, a magnetic resonance angiography to procedure is implemented generate magnetic resonance angiography images, a of magnetic resonance flow measurement is implemented to generate magnetic resonance flow images, and the magnetic resonance angiography images are applied to the magnetic resonance flow images as a mask to produce a resulting image depicting vessels with flow therein.
Claims32
A method for automatically determining a flow of a bodily fluid within vessels of an organism by magnetic resonance, comprising the steps of:
- implementing a magnetic resonance angiography procedure to obtain a magnetic resonance angiography image of a subject;
- implementing a magnetic resonance flow measurement to generate magnetic resonance flow image of the subject;
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- applying the magnetic resonance angiography image to the magnetic resonance flow image as a mask to produce a resulting image that depicts vessels in the subject with flow of the bodily fluid in the vessels.
A device for automatically determining a flow of a bodily fluid within vessels of an organism by magnetic resonance, comprising:
- a magnetic resonance angiography unit that obtains a magnetic resonance angiography image of a subject;
- a magnetic resonance flow measurement unit that generates a magnetic resonance flow image of the subject;
- a processor that applies the magnetic resonance angiography images to the magnetic resonance flow images as a mask to produce a resulting image that depicts vessels in the subject with flow of the bodily fluid in the vessels;
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- a monitor at which said processor causes said resulting image to be displayed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.