Improvement of the acquisition of a large amount of MR images on a conventional whole body system

Magn Reson Imaging. 1999 Apr;17(3):471-4. doi: 10.1016/s0730-725x(98)00173-8.

Abstract

Modern whole body MR systems are equipped with echo-planar-imaging capability, which allows the measurement of a single slice in a fraction of a second or of thousands of images in few minutes. A considerable restriction to the acquisition of series containing large amounts of images in patient examinations is the time-consuming data handling time of the images at conventional systems, which includes the time to insert the images into the systems database. We propose the arrangement of several images on a new image with a large matrix size like a mosaic. The handling time depends mostly on the number of images without consideration of their matrix size. Therefore, image handling is strongly reduced by the use of such mosaic images.

MeSH terms

  • Data Collection / instrumentation*
  • Databases as Topic
  • Echo-Planar Imaging / instrumentation*
  • Fourier Analysis
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / instrumentation*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / instrumentation*
  • Phantoms, Imaging