MRI reconstruction using scan-specific partial echo and partial NEX data acquisitions and a network
Patent 6351122 Issued on February 26, 2002. Estimated Expiration Date: 
December 27, 2019. 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.
December 27, 2019. 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.Patent ReferencesAutomated high definition/resolution image storage, retrieval and transmission system MRI reconstruction using partial echo and partial NEX data acquisitions System and method of phase sensitive MRI reconstruction using partial k-space data and including a network Patent #: 6198283 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 473245 filed on 12/27/1999US Classes:324/309, To obtain localized resonance within a sample324/307, Using a nuclear resonance spectrometer system324/318Spectrometer componentsExaminersPrimary: Williams, HezronAssistant: Vargas, Dixomara Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG01V 003/00AbstractA method of MR imaging using fractional MRI acquisitions to reduce total acquisition time includes the steps of: obtaining a scan-specific partial MRI kx data set fraction and a scan-specific partial MRI ky data set fraction at a first location; acquiring a partial MRI kx data set in k-space along a kx direction, the partial MRI kx data set containing the scan-specific partial MRI kx data set fraction amount of direction data; acquiring a partial MRI ky data set in k-space along a ky direction, the partial MRI ky data set containing the scan-specific partial MRI ky data set faction amount of direction; reconstructing an MR image using the partial MRI kx data set and the partial MRI ky data set; and transmitting information relating to the MR image between the first location and a second location remote from the first location.Other References
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