Push-button vessel wall mri with 3d scout scan

Abstract

A medical system (10)and method(100)image a vessel wall automatically. A scout scan of a patient for localizing a target vessel of the patient is automatically performed (102) using magnetic resonance (MR). The scout scan is three-dimensional (3D) and isotropic. An MR data set of the scout scan is automatically reconstructed (104) into foot-to- head (FH), left-to-right (LR) and posterior-to-anterior (PA) projections. A3D imaging volume (16)encompassing the target vessel is automatically determined (106) from the projections, and a diagnostic scan of the 3D imaging volume (16) is performed (108) using MR.

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technical field [0001] The present application relates generally to magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. The present application finds particular application in connection with vessel wall imaging and will be described with particular reference to vessel wall imaging. However, it should be understood that the present application also applies to other use cases and is not necessarily limited to the applications described above. Background technique [0002] MR-based imaging of vessel walls, such as MR-based plaque imaging, has a number of advantages over vessel wall imaging based on other imaging modalities such as computed tomography (CT) and ultrasound (US). These advantages include better soft tissue contrast and more elastic image contrast. Despite these advantages, the clinical adoption of MR-based vessel wall imaging has been relatively slow. Among other things, MR-based vessel wall imaging is slow and has a complex workflow compared to vessel wall imaging based on other...

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Thus, successful completion of all scans requires extensive training and even then remains error-prone

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