Patent ID: 7002345

Claim:
A magnetic resonance imaging scanner, comprising: a longitudinal magnetic field coil applying a longitudinal magnetic field to a patient; at least one gradient magnetic field coil applying a magnetic field gradient to said patient; a radio frequency transmitter applying radio frequency electromagnetic energy to said patient; a radio frequency receiver coil connected to a radio frequency receiver receiving radio frequency electromagnetic emissions from tissue of said patient; control circuits applying a desired pulse sequence of electromagnetic pulses and magnetic field gradients to said patient in order to generate data from which an image of said patient may be constructed; a memory storing said data and storing a computer program; a CPU executing said computer program, said computer program analyzing said data by performing the following steps, a. acquiring a plurality of images by said magnetic resonance imaging scanner using a predefined pulse sequence; b. forming a linear combination of said plurality of images, said linear combination formed by summing a product of a coefficient and an image of said plurality of images in order to form a sum of coefficients and images; c. evaluating said coefficients in order to achieve a desired effect on said image in order to give said coefficients a specific numerical value; and, d. synthesizing a desired image using said linear combination of said plurality of images and said specific numerical value of each coefficient.