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Positioning in magnetic resonance imaging

  • US 5,514,957 A
  • Filed: 09/16/1993
  • Issued: 05/07/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/16/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of magnetic resonance imaging in which positioning for a diagnostic scan is carried out prior to the diagnostic scan to obtain a magnetic resonance image of an object being examined, the method comprising the steps of:

  • preparing a three-dimensional image data consisting of a plurality of tomographic image data of a diagnostic portion of the object;

    designating data of a tomographic image among the three-dimensional image data as data of a pilot image;

    displaying the pilot image;

    placing a linear region of interest on the displayed pilot image;

    editing image data of a cross-section from the three-dimensional image data, the cross-section passing through the linear region of interest in a space of the three-dimensional image data;

    displaying the edited image data as a prediction image representing the magnetic resonance image positionally obtainable when carrying out the diagnostic scan; and

    judging whether or not said prediction image is desired in response to a signal manually supplied for the prediction image.

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