Patent ID: 8082019
Filing Date: 2011-12-20
Classification: A61B,G01R

Abstract:
1. A method for automatic magnetic resonance (MR) brain scan planning based on a set of 2D orthogonal MR image slices including a transversal slice, a coronal slice, and a sagittal slice, comprising: determining a sagittal scanning plane based on a location of a mid-sagittal plane (MSP) in each of the transversal slice and the coronal slice; acquiring a diagnostic sagittal MR scan based on said sagittal scanning plane; segmenting a corpus callosum (CC) in a sagittal MR image slice resulting from said diagnostic sagittal MR scan; determining a transversal scanning plane based on a location of the CC in the sagittal MR image slice and the location of the MSP in the coronal slice; and determining a coronal scanning plane based on the location of the CC in the sagittal MR image slice and the location of the MSP in the transversal slice.