Patent ID: 8868153

Claim:
A method, comprising: obtaining a plurality of magnetic resonance (MR) coil images of a subject of interest, each MR coil image being generated from data obtained by one receiving coil of an array of MR receiving coils; combining the plurality of coil images to generate an image estimate of the subject of interest; performing a multichannel blind deconvolution (MBD) process comprising: deriving coil sensitivity information for every one receiving coil of the array of MR receiving coils based on the image estimate or a filtered image estimate derived from the image estimate; and updating the image estimate or the filtered image estimate using the derived coil sensitivity information to generate an updated image estimate; applying a homomorphic filter to the image estimate to derive the filtered image estimate, or to the updated image estimate to derive a filtered updated image estimate, or a combination thereof; and refining the coil sensitivity information and the updated image estimate or the filtered updated image estimate by re-iterating the MBD process and the application of the homomorphic filter until a predetermined convergence criterion or criteria are met, wherein the updated image estimate or the filtered updated image estimate is used as an input for the re-iteration.