Patent ID: 8521256
Filing Date: 2013-08-27
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, comprising: a data acquisition system including means for motion compensation, the data acquisition system being configured to acquire an image data set of a moving object within an imaging region, said image data set comprising a plurality of acquisitions, each acquisition comprising one or more slice planes located at a same relative scan location of said moving object, respectively, throughout said plurality of acquisitions; means for averaging respective one or more slice planes from said plurality of acquisitions to generate a single, average image set of said moving object; means for calculating an actual scan location of all of said one or more slice planes from all of said acquisitions with respect to a static object within the imaging region; and means for averaging a selected set of slice planes, based on said calculation, to generate a single, average image set of the static object.