Reduction of MRI interference from the electrocardiogram using lead information
First Claim
1. A circuit for use in an magnetic resonance (MR) system to reduce MR interference of a physiological signal S(f), the circuit comprising:
- a first summing/subtraction node which inputs a first signal including all interference components generated by the MRI scanner N(f) and a physiological signal S(f), and a second signal including the physiological signal S(f) and an error signal E(f), and which subtractively combines the second signal S(f)+FE(f) with the first signal S(f)+N(f) to generate a difference signal N(f)−
E(f);
a high pass filter which filters the difference signal N(f)−
E(f) from the first summing/subtraction node to create a filtered signal H(f)*[N(f)−
E(f)]; and
a second summing/subtraction node which subtractively combines the first signal S(f)+N(f) and the filtered signal H(f)*[N(f)−
E(f)] from the high pass filter, and generates the second signal S(f)+E(f).
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Abstract
A circuit (32) for use in an magnetic resonance (MR) system to reduce MR interference of a physiological signal S(f) includes a first summing/subtraction node (36), a high pass filter (40), and a second summing/subtraction node (42). The first summing/subtraction node (36) inputs a first signal (34) including radio frequency magnetic interference N(f) and a physiological signal S(f), and a second signal (38) including the physiological signal S(f) and an error signal E(f), and subtractively combines the second signal with the first signal to generate a difference signal N(f)−E(f). The high pass filter (40) filters the difference signal N(f)−E(f) from the first summing/subtraction node. The second summing/subtraction node (42) subtractively combines the first signal S(f)+N(f) (34) and the filtered signal H(f)*[N(f)−E(f)] from the high pass filter, and generates the second signal S(f)+E(f) (38).
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20 Claims
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1. A circuit for use in an magnetic resonance (MR) system to reduce MR interference of a physiological signal S(f), the circuit comprising:
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a first summing/subtraction node which inputs a first signal including all interference components generated by the MRI scanner N(f) and a physiological signal S(f), and a second signal including the physiological signal S(f) and an error signal E(f), and which subtractively combines the second signal S(f)+FE(f) with the first signal S(f)+N(f) to generate a difference signal N(f)−
E(f);a high pass filter which filters the difference signal N(f)−
E(f) from the first summing/subtraction node to create a filtered signal H(f)*[N(f)−
E(f)]; anda second summing/subtraction node which subtractively combines the first signal S(f)+N(f) and the filtered signal H(f)*[N(f)−
E(f)] from the high pass filter, and generates the second signal S(f)+E(f). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for use in an MR system to reduce MR interference of a physiological signal S(f), the method comprising:
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inputting a first signal which includes all interference components generated by the MRI scanner N(f) and a physiological signal S(f); combining subtractively a second signal S(f)+E(f) including the physiological signal S(f) and an error signal E(f) from the first signal S(f)+N(f), and generating a difference signal N(f)−
E(f);with a high pass filter, filtering the difference signal H(f)−
E(f) to generate a filtered signal H(f)*[N(f)−
E(f)] in which the interference component N(f) is preserved and the error signal E(f) is minimized;combining subtractively first signal S(f)+N(f) and the filtered signal H(f)*[N(f)−
E(f)] from the high pass filter, and generates the second signal S(f)+E(f). - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A circuit for use in a magnetic resonance (MR) system to reduce MR interference in a physiological signal S(f), the circuit comprising:
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a first summing/subtraction node configured to subtractively combine a first signal including the physiological signal S(f) contaminated with interference components N(f) attributable to a magnetic resonance system and a second signal including the physiological signal S(f) and an error signal E(f) to generate a difference signal N(f)−
E(f);a filter configured to filter the difference signal N(f)−
E(f) from the first summing/subtraction node, the filter being configured to preserve the interference components N(f) and minimize the error component E(f), to generate a filtered difference signal H(f)*[N(f)−
E(f)]; anda second summing/subtraction node configured to subtractively combine the first signal S(f)+N(f) with the filtered difference signal H(f)*[N(f)−
E(f)] from the filter to generate an output signal S(f)+E(f) with the error component E(f) minimized. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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