Method for acquiring magnetic resonance image data for image-guided radiotherapy
AssigneeSiemens Healthcare GmbH
InventorElena Nioutsikou
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Abstract
In a method for acquiring magnetic resonance raw data for image-guided radiotherapy, a number of imaging goals are provided to a computer. For each imaging goal, a magnetic resonance imaging protocol is selected. For each selected magnetic resonance imaging protocol, a number of parameters for that protocol are adjusted according to the respective imaging goal. The resonance raw data are acquired with the magnetic resonance imaging protocol and their parameters.
Claims9
A method for acquiring magnetic resonance raw data for image-guided radiotherapy, said method comprising:
- providing electronic inputs into a computer that respectively designate different imaging goals that are needed to be achieved in order to support image-guided radiotherapy;
- for each imaging goal, selecting, in said computer, a magnetic resonance imaging protocol comprising a plurality of protocol parameters;
- in said computer, for each selected magnetic resonance imaging protocol, adjusting the parameters thereof according to the respective imaging goal that caused the respective magnetic resonance imaging protocol to be selected;
- from said computer, operating a magnetic resonance data acquisition scanner so as to execute at least one selected magnetic resonance imaging protocol in order to acquire magnetic resonance raw data from a subject using the protocol parameters of said at least one selected magnetic resonance image protocol;
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- in said computer, transforming said acquired raw magnetic resonance data into magnetic resonance image data so as to reconstruct a magnetic resonance image that is needed for said image-guided radiotherapy.
A computer comprising:
- an input interface that receives electronic inputs that respectively designate different imaging goals that are needed to be achieved in order to support image-guided radiotherapy;
- a processor configured to select, for each imaging goal, a magnetic resonance imaging protocol comprising a plurality of protocol parameters;
- said processing being configured, for each selected magnetic resonance imaging protocol, to adjust the parameters thereof according to the respective imaging goal that caused the respective magnetic resonance imaging protocol to be selected;
- said processor being configured to operate a magnetic resonance data acquisition scanner so as to execute at least one selected magnetic resonance imaging protocol in order to acquire magnetic resonance raw data from a subject using the protocol parameters of said at least one selected magnetic resonance image protocol;
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- said processor being configured to transform said acquired raw magnetic resonance data into magnetic resonance image data so as to reconstruct a magnetic resonance image that is needed for said image-guided radiotherapy.
A non-transitory, computer-readable data storage medium encoded with programming instructions, said storage medium being loaded into a computer and said programming instructions causing said computer to:
- receive electronic inputs that respectively designate different imaging goals that are needed to be achieved in order to support image-guided radiotherapy;
- for each imaging goal, select a magnetic resonance imaging protocol comprising a plurality of protocol parameters;
- for each selected magnetic resonance imaging protocol, adjust the parameters thereof according to the respective imaging goal that caused the respective magnetic resonance imaging protocol to be selected;
- operate a magnetic resonance data acquisition scanner so as to execute at least one selected magnetic resonance imaging protocol in order to acquire magnetic resonance raw data from a subject using the protocol parameters of said at least one selected magnetic resonance image protocol;
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- transform said acquired raw magnetic resonance data into magnetic resonance image data so as to reconstruct a magnetic resonance image that is needed for said image-guided radiotherapy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.