Synthetic Images for a Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scanner using Linear Combination of Source Images to Generate Contrast and Spatial Navigation

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ID:		04-46
IP Type:		Licensable Technology
Title:		Synthetic Images for a Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scanner using Linear Combination of Source Images to Generate Contrast and Spatial Navigation
Inventor:		Jara, Hernan
Summary:		This invention consists of three image-postprocessing phases for the purposes of generating high-quality quantitative MR images as well as high quality virtual MR images with continuously adjustable computer-synthesized contrast weightings, from source images acquired directly with an MRI scanner. Each of the image-postprocessing phases uses one or several new computer algorithms that improve image quality with respect to prior art, including linear-combination-of source-images (LCSI) algorithms for generating PD images and model-conforming algorithms for generating Q-MR images of tissue properties that influence NMR relaxation.
Tech Type:		Medical Imaging
URL:		http://ctf-fmfe.bu.edu/BU0446.pdf
Contact:		Rick T. Clark, chofmann@bu.edu, 617 353 7631
Organization:		Boston University

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