Patent ID: 6038466
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
A magnetic resonance (MR) imaging method for imaging a part of a human or animal body arranged in a steady magnetic field comprisinggenerating imaging pulse sequences for the measurement of the MR signals for reconstructing MR images,approximating the part of the body by an ellipsoid,imaging of an imaging plane of the part which contains a minor axis of the ellipsoid, which minor axis is derived from a major axis of the ellipsoid, and which method includes the following steps for estimating the major axis:a) forming a first MR image of a first imaging plane and a second MR image of a second imaging plane of the part of the body, the imaging planes extending transversely of a common axis of the body,b) determining a first reference from the first MR image and a second reference from the second MR image, andc) determining a first estimate of the major axis of the ellipsoid from a connecting line through two points which correspond to the first reference and the second reference, respectively, wherein the first and the second reference are determined by one and the same property.