Magnetic resonance image correction method and magnetic resonance imaging apparatus using the same

Patent 6076004 Issued on June 13, 2000. Estimated Expiration Date:

September 5, 2016. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Application

No. 708667 filed on 09/05/1996

US Classes:

600/410, Magnetic resonance imaging or spectroscopy128/920, COMPUTER ASSISTED MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS128/922, Including image analysis324/309, To obtain localized resonance within a sample324/312, By spectrum storage and analysis382/278, Correlation382/280, Fourier transform382/296, To rotate an image382/298To change the scale or size of an image

Examiners

Primary: Smith, Ruth S.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foley & Lardner

Foreign Patent References

7-79943 JP. 03/13/1995

International Class

A61B 005/055

Foreign Application Priority Data

1995-09-05 JP

Abstract

Cross-correlation between a first magnetic resonance image as a reference image and a second magnetic resonance image to be adjusted relative to the first magnetic resonance image is taken, deviation of the second magnetic resonance image to the first magnetic resonance image as correction values is calculated, and the second magnetic resonance image based on the correction values is corrected.

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