Patent ID: 9429635
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: G01R

Claim Text:
1. A system for evaluating properties of tissue from Magnetic Resonance (MR) signal data of the tissue, the system comprising: an image data processor configured to select, for each individual image element of a plurality of individual image elements of an MR image of the tissue, a particular parameter from a plurality of parameters of the tissue; and a display processor configured to generate data representing the MR image using the particular parameter to represent the individual image element, wherein the plurality of parameters include a first parameter associated with water, a second parameter associated with a fat/water mixture having a fat percentage FP determined for the individual image element, and a third parameter associated with fat; wherein a and b are constants selected for the MR image such that 0≦a≦b≦1; and wherein the particular parameter is equal to: