- Patent Title: Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and image processing method
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Application No.: US16629479Application Date: 2018-07-05
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Publication No.: US11080825B2Publication Date: 2021-08-03
- Inventor: Kousuke Itou , Shinji Kurokawa , Masahiro Takizawa
- Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Priority: JPJP2017-162615 20170825
- International Application: PCT/JP2018/025583 WO 20180705
- International Announcement: WO2019/039112 WO 20190228
- Main IPC: G06T3/40
- IPC: G06T3/40 ; G06T7/00 ; G06T5/00 ; G01R33/483 ; G01R33/561 ; A61B5/055

Abstract:
Provided is a novel aliasing elimination technique capable of suppressing noise amplification in an aliasing elimination calculation in parallel imaging and the like. The technique utilizes the fact that a phase of an image (a true image that is one of a plurality of images) to be separated from a main captured image obtained with the plurality of images superimposed is basically the same as a phase of an image obtained at a low resolution, to obtain a phase difference between a phase of a low-resolution image and a phase of the main captured image, and separates the true image by calculation using the phase difference and a pixel value of the main captured image. At this time, the low-resolution image is obtained by each of a plurality of receiving coils, and the true image is calculated after multiplying a plurality of low-resolution images by a complex number that minimizes the noise amplification.
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