Patent Document ID: 8600476
Application ID: 13281743
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A system for Non-Contrast Agent enhanced MR imaging, comprising: an MR image acquisition device for acquiring imaging datasets of a patient comprising one or more image slabs individually comprising a plurality of image slices; an image data processor for processing data representing an acquired image slice to detect an anatomical feature of said patient by detecting an edge of said anatomical feature in response to detection of pixel luminance transitions; and a patient support table controller for automatically moving a patient table at a velocity adaptively and dynamically determined by, selecting a table velocity modification parameter from a plurality of table velocity modification parameters using predetermined information associating a plurality of anatomical characteristics of said anatomical feature with said plurality of table velocity modification parameters in response to detection of said anatomical feature in said acquired image slice of said patient, each of said plurality of anatomical characteristics being associated with one of said plurality of table velocity modification parameters, and adaptively determining a table velocity using the selected table velocity modification parameter.