Patent ID: 11880962
Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 13:
14. A method for synthesizing a magnetic resonance (MR) contrast image, the method comprising:
performing a quantification scan, wherein the quantification scan is the measurement of MR signals reflecting absolute values of physical parameters of tissues being scanned;
receiving a target contrast type;
using a trained deep neural network to synthesize the MR contrast image from a quantitative acquisition obtained by the quantification scan based on the target contrast type;
using a trained discriminator to determine whether the synthesized MR contrast image is of realistic image quality;
in response to determining that the synthesized MR contrast image is of realistic image quality, using a trained classifier to determine the contrast type of the synthesized MR contrast image;
determining whether the determined contrast type matches the target contrast type;
in response to determining that the determined contrast type matches the target contrast type, outputting the synthesized image; and
wherein the quantification scan is the input to the trained deep neural network.