Motion Correction for Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA) With 3D Radial Acquisitions
First Claim
1. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system for effecting magnetic resonance (MR) images with reduced motion artifacts, said MRI system comprising:
- an MRI gantry including a static magnetic field coil, gradient magnetic field coils, at least one radio frequency (RF) coil configured to transmit RF signals into an imaging volume and/or to receive nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) RF signals from an object located in the imaging volume; and
at least one digital data processor coupled to receive digitized MR data from said at least one RF coil, said at least one processor being configured to;
acquire a plurality of k-space data sets, each k-space data set being acquired by traversing a plurality of radial trajectories of locations in three-dimensional (3D) k-space;
generate a plurality of 3D MR images, each 3D MR image derived from a k-space populated by a respective one of the k-space data sets;
align the 3D MR images with respect to each other;
determine one or more motion parameters for the object based upon the aligning;
modify, using the determined one or more motion parameters, values of at least one of the acquired k-space data sets;
generate a motion-corrected 3D MR image from a combination of acquired k-space data sets including the modified values; and
output the motion-corrected 3D MR image to a display, a data storage, or to a data transmission port.
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Abstract
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, method and/or computer readable medium is configured to effect magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) images with reduced motion artifacts includes acquiring a plurality of k-space data sets by traversing a plurality of radial trajectories in three-dimensional (3D) k-space, generating a plurality of 3D MR images derived from k-space populated by the k-space data sets, aligning the 3D MR images with respect to each other, determining one or more motion parameters for the object based upon the aligning, modifying values of k-space data sets using the determined one or more motion parameters, generating a motion-corrected 3D MR image from a combination of acquired k-space data sets including the modified values.
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13 Claims
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1. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system for effecting magnetic resonance (MR) images with reduced motion artifacts, said MRI system comprising:
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an MRI gantry including a static magnetic field coil, gradient magnetic field coils, at least one radio frequency (RF) coil configured to transmit RF signals into an imaging volume and/or to receive nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) RF signals from an object located in the imaging volume; and at least one digital data processor coupled to receive digitized MR data from said at least one RF coil, said at least one processor being configured to; acquire a plurality of k-space data sets, each k-space data set being acquired by traversing a plurality of radial trajectories of locations in three-dimensional (3D) k-space; generate a plurality of 3D MR images, each 3D MR image derived from a k-space populated by a respective one of the k-space data sets; align the 3D MR images with respect to each other; determine one or more motion parameters for the object based upon the aligning; modify, using the determined one or more motion parameters, values of at least one of the acquired k-space data sets; generate a motion-corrected 3D MR image from a combination of acquired k-space data sets including the modified values; and output the motion-corrected 3D MR image to a display, a data storage, or to a data transmission port. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) method for effecting magnetic resonance (MR) images with reduced motion artifacts, said MRI method comprising:
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placing an object into an MRI gantry including a static magnetic field coil, gradient magnetic field coils, at least one radio frequency (RF) coil configured to transmit RF signals into an imaging volume and/or to receive nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) RF signals from said object when located in the imaging volume; acquiring a plurality of k-space data sets, each k-space data set being acquired by traversing a plurality of radial trajectories of locations in three-dimensional (3D) k-space; generating a plurality of 3D MR images, each 3D MR image derived from a k-space populated by a respective one of the k-space data sets; aligning the 3D MR images with respect to each other; determining one or more motion parameters for the object based upon the aligning; modifying, using the determined one or more motion parameters, values of at least one of the acquired k-space data sets; generating a motion-corrected 3D MR image from a combination of acquired k-space data sets including the modified values; and outputting the motion-corrected 3D MR image to a display, a data storage, or to a data transmission port.
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13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, having executable computer program instructions recorded thereon, which when executed by at least one processor of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system having an MRI gantry including a static magnetic field coil, gradient magnetic field coils, at least one radio frequency (RF) coil configured to transmit RF signals into an imaging volume and/or to receive nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) RF signals from an object located in the imaging volume, causes the at least one processor to generate a diagnostic image having reduced motion artifacts, by performing operations comprising:
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acquiring a plurality of k-space data sets, each k-space data set being acquired by traversing a plurality of radial trajectories of locations in three-dimensional (3D) k-space; generating a plurality of 3D MR images, each 3D MR image derived from a k-space populated by a respective one of the k-space data sets; aligning the 3D MR images with respect to each other; determining one or more motion parameters for the object based upon the aligning; modifying, using the determined one or more motion parameters, values of at least one of the acquired k-space data sets; generating a motion-corrected 3D MR image from a combination of acquired k-space data sets including the modified values; and outputting the motion-corrected 3D MR image to a display, a data storage, or to a data transmission port.
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