Patent ID: 7359745
Filing Date: 2008-04-15
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: centering a point of interest of an object to be imaged in a field of view; receiving a first MRI data of the object; establishing a reference image from the first MRI data; receiving one or more second MRI data of the object, where the object has been subjected to one or more proton resonance frequency altering actions; determining a maximum k-space amplitude location in one or more of the second MRI data; manipulating the first MRI data to align the maximum k-space amplitude locations with an assumed k-space center to within a tolerance; phase correcting the first MRI data; determining a wrap free phase change from the reference image on an element-by-element basis; and producing a display data that can be displayed, where the display data facilitates displaying the results of a desired phase shift event on the object to be imaged.