Method and system to process magnetic resonance diffusion image data
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsPeter Gall, Heiko Meyer
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Abstract
In a method, a user interface, a magnetic resonance apparatus, and a storage medium encoded with programming instructions, in order to enable processing and/or display of magnetic resonance diffusion image data, diffusion image data are provided to a computer, a signal threshold are provided to a computer, and a b-value map is calculated by the computer on the basis of the diffusion image data and the predetermined signal threshold.
Claims8
A method to process diffusion image data acquired by magnetic resonance from an examination subject, comprising:
- providing magnetic resonance diffusion image data to a computer;
- providing said computer with a designation of a signal threshold;
- in said computer, automatically calculating a b-value map from said diffusion image data and said predetermined signal threshold;
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- making said b-value map available in electronic form, as a data file, from an output of the computer.
A user interface to process diffusion image data acquired by magnetic resonance from an examination subject, comprising:
- a computer having an input configured to receive magnetic resonance diffusion image data;
- said computer comprising a specification unit configured to provide a signal threshold;
- in said computer being configured to automatically calculate a b-value map from said diffusion image data and said predetermined signal threshold;
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- said computer being configured to make said b-value map available in electronic form, as a data file, from an output of the computer.
A non-transitory, computer-readable data storage medium encoded with programming instructions, said data storage medium being loaded into a computer and said programming instructions causing said computer to:
- receive magnetic resonance diffusion image data;
- receive or generate a designation of a signal threshold;
- calculate a b-value map from said diffusion image data and said predetermined signal threshold;
- and
- make said b-value map available in electronic form, as a data file, from an output of the computer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.