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Method and apparatus for acquiring image in magnetic resonance imaging system

  • US 10,359,482 B2
  • Filed: 04/08/2013
  • Issued: 07/23/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2012
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of acquiring an image in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, the method comprising:

  • dividing, by a processor, a scannable region of an object into regions;

    determining, by the processor, a coil to be used for each of the regions, the determined coil of each of the regions outputting coil signals acquired from the object, through MR signal channels connected to the determined coil and grouped with switching devices, wherein each of the switching devices comprises one output channel and input channels, and each of the input channels is selectively connectable to the one output channel;

    receiving, by a receiver, the coil signals, which are input through the MR signal channels connected to the input channels of the grouped switching devices and output from the one output channel of each of the grouped switching devices; and

    acquiring, by an image processor, the image from the coil signals received via the one output channel of each of the grouped switching devices,wherein each of the switching devices comprises a plurality of input units corresponding to the input channels and one common output terminal corresponding to the one output channel,each of the switching devices has a construction in which the one common output terminal is connected to one input unit at a time, among the plurality of input units, thereby connecting the one output channel to one of the input channels,the switching devices comprise a first switching device having a first plurality of input channels, as the input channels, and a second switching device having a second plurality of input channels, as the input channels,the determining the coil comprises determining a first coil to be used for a first region, among the regions, and a second coil to be used for a second region, among the regions,the MR signal channels of the first coil comprise first MR signal channels connected to a first input channel of the first plurality of input channels and a first input channel of the second plurality of input channels, respectively, andthe MR signal channels of the second coil comprise second MR signal channels connected to a second input channel of the first plurality of input channels and a second input channel of the second plurality of input channels, respectively.

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