AUTOMATED IMAGE ANALYSIS FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
First Claim
1. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, comprising:
- a magnetic resonance imaging scanner configured to generate a plurality of signals for forming at least one magnetic resonance image of a soft tissue region from a subject under observation, wherein said at least one magnetic resonance image provides at least one integrating feature to facilitate automatic segmentation;
a signal processing system in communication with said magnetic resonance imaging scanner to receive said plurality of signals; and
a data storage unit in communication with said signal processing system, wherein said data storage unit contains at least one template corresponding to said soft tissue region,wherein said signal processing system is adapted to process said plurality of signals received from said magnetic resonance imaging scanner to automatically perform segmentation for said soft tissue region of said subject under observation by utilizing said at least one template and said at least one integrating feature.
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Abstract
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, comprising: a magnetic resonance imaging scanner configured to generate a plurality of signals for forming at least one magnetic resonance image of a soft tissue region from a subject under observation, wherein the at least one magnetic resonance image provides at least one integrating feature to facilitate automatic segmentation; a signal processing system in communication with the magnetic resonance imaging scanner to receive the plurality of signals; and a data storage unit in communication with the signal processing system, wherein the data storage unit contains at least one template corresponding to the soft tissue region, wherein the signal processing system is adapted to process the plurality of signals received from the magnetic resonance imaging scanner to automatically perform segmentation for the soft tissue region of the subject under observation by utilizing the at least one template and the at least one integrating feature.
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31 Claims
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1. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, comprising:
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a magnetic resonance imaging scanner configured to generate a plurality of signals for forming at least one magnetic resonance image of a soft tissue region from a subject under observation, wherein said at least one magnetic resonance image provides at least one integrating feature to facilitate automatic segmentation; a signal processing system in communication with said magnetic resonance imaging scanner to receive said plurality of signals; and a data storage unit in communication with said signal processing system, wherein said data storage unit contains at least one template corresponding to said soft tissue region, wherein said signal processing system is adapted to process said plurality of signals received from said magnetic resonance imaging scanner to automatically perform segmentation for said soft tissue region of said subject under observation by utilizing said at least one template and said at least one integrating feature. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A workstation, comprising:
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a preprocessing engine to receive and preprocess magnetic resonance signals, from a magnetic resonance scanner, wherein said magnetic resonance signals form at least one magnetic resonance image showing a soft tissue region from at least one subject under observation in said magnetic resonance scanner; and a normalizing engine to automatically segment said soft tissue region by normalizing the formed at least one magnetic resonance image based on at least one template corresponding to said soft tissue region, wherein said at least one magnetic resonance image provides at least one integrating feature to facilitate automatic segmentation. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of automatic segmentation, comprising:
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receiving magnetic resonance signals thr forming at least one magnetic resonance image showing a soft tissue region from a subject, wherein said at least one magnetic resonance image provides at least one integrating feature to facilitate automatic segmentation; preprocessing said magnetic resonance signals to generate at least one magnetic resonance image by utilizing said at least one integrating feature; receiving at least one template corresponding to said soft tissue region; normalizing the generated at least one magnetic resonance image based on said at least one template to generate a segmented view of said soft tissue region. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A computer-readable medium comprising software, which when executed by a computer system, causes the computer system to perform operations to perform the method of 17.
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