Patent Document ID: 8948484
Application ID: 13293239
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for automated view planning for cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) acquisition based on a single 3D MRI volume, comprising: segmenting a left ventricle (LV) in the 3D MRI volume; and automatically generating a scan prescription for cardiac MRI acquisition based on cardiac anchor points provided by the segmented LV in the 3D MRI volume, wherein the step of automatically generating a scan prescription for cardiac MRI acquisition based on cardiac anchor points provided by the segmented LV in the 3D MRI volume comprises: prescribing a short axis stack based on the cardiac anchor points provided by the segmented LV; determining a 3-chamber view scanning plane based on the cardiac anchor points provided by the segmented LV; detecting landmarks in a mid-ventricular short axis slice reconstructed from the 3D MRI volume and corresponding to a short axis slice prescribed in the short axis stack; determining a 2-chamber view scanning plane based on the landmarks detected in the reconstructed mid-ventricular short axis slice; and determining a 4-chamber view scanning plane based on the landmarks detected in the reconstructed mid-ventricular short axis slice.