Patent ID: 8873820
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. A method for generating a selective magnetic resonance (MR) image, comprising: acquiring raw data for each of a first MR image and a second MR image by operating a magnetic resonance data acquisition unit by: in a processor having access to said electronic memory, reconstructing a first MR image from said first echo signals and reconstructing a second MR image from said second echo signals, in said processor, for each image point of said first and second MR images, calculating a time constant that corresponds to tissue imaged at the respective image point, dependent on respective intensity values of corresponding image points in said first and second MR images; in said processor, comparing each calculated time constant with at least one threshold, to obtain a comparison result; in said processor, dependent on said comparison result, associating a weighting factor with each image point; and in said processor, generating a selective MR image by processing the respective intensity values of the image points of at least one of said first MR image and said second MR image with the respective, associated weighting factors, and making said selective MR image available in electronic form at an output of said processor.