METHOD FOR FAT CHARACTERIZATION USING MRI IMAGES ACQUIRED USING A MULTIPLE GRADIENT-ECHO SEQUENCE WITH BIPOLAR GRADIENTS

It is proposed a method for post-processing images of an region of interest in a subject, the images being acquired with a magnetic resonance imaging technique, the method for post-processing comprising at least the step of: -unwrapping the phase of each image, -extracting a complex signal over echo...

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Main Authors LEPORQ, Benjamin, VAN BEERS, Bernard, LAMBERT, Simon
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 28.02.2018
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DIAGNOSIS
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
MEASURING
MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES
MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
PHYSICS
SURGERY
TESTING
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Summary:It is proposed a method for post-processing images of an region of interest in a subject, the images being acquired with a magnetic resonance imaging technique, the method for post-processing comprising at least the step of: -unwrapping the phase of each image, -extracting a complex signal over echo time for at least one pixel of the unwrapped images, and -calculating fat characterization parameters by using a fitting technique applied on a model, the model being a function which associates to a plurality of parameters each extracted complex signal, the plurality of parameters comprising at least two fat characterization parameters, the magnitude error and the phase error generated by the use of the bipolar readout gradients, the fitting technique being a non-linear least-square fitting technique using pseudo-random initial conditions.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20160717957