Patent ID: 6331776
Filing Date: 2001-12-18
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
A magnetic resonance (MR) imaging system for prescribing geometry of an imaging volume of a structure of interest, comprising:a MR imaging device configured to acquire and reconstruct MR data in real-time of at least one first and second imaging section of the structure of interest in real-time and displaying at least one first and second imaging section of the structures of interest in real-time;a network coupling the MR imaging device and a remote facility, the network providing remote services to the MR imaging device;an operator interface configured to transmit at least one selection signal in response to an operator selecting a first boundary plane of the structure of interest on the operator interface, wherein the first boundary plane is prescribed by the first imaging section of the structure of interest, and the operator selecting a second boundary plane of the structure of interest on the operator interface, wherein the second boundary plane is prescribed by the second imaging section of the structure of interest; anda computer system coupled to the operator interface and the network, wherein the computer system is configured to determine a first and second geometry information corresponding to the first and second imaging sections, respectively, of the structure of interest, in response to the at least one selection signal, and wherein the computer system is configured to store the first and second geometry information in the MR imaging system.