MRI Sequence Intermediary File Cross-Platform Conversion
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Solution Overview
Problem
The incompatibility of development environments across different MRI system manufacturers creates high entry barriers for users, restricting the expansion and exploration of MR applications and hindering the broader adoption and advancement of MRI technology.
Innovation Solution
A method that involves generating an intermediate file in a first development environment, which is readable and convertible in a second development environment, allowing for the conversion of the intermediate file into executable MRI sequence elements. These elements undergo verification in the second environment, leading to the generation of hardware instructions that can be executed by an MRI device to apply the MRI sequence on a target subject.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If each MR system uses its own unique code framework and hardware modules, then the system can be optimized for its specific implementation, but the development environment becomes incompatible and non-transferable across different manufacturers
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a universal intermediate file format that can be read and converted across different development environments. This intermediate file serves as a common interface that maintains compatibility across manufacturers while allowing each system to process and execute MRI sequences according to its own hardware and code framework, thus achieving both universality and system-specific optimization.
Solution Approach 2:
The intermediate file acts as an intermediary between the sequence design environment and the execution environment. It decouples the sequence definition from the specific implementation details of each MR system, allowing sequences to be designed in one environment and executed on different manufacturers' systems without reprogramming, thereby resolving the compatibility issue while preserving system-specific optimizations.
2Ease of manufacture
If users must learn different programming languages and development modes for different manufacturers, then each system can be fully utilized, but the entry barrier increases and user ability to expand and explore MR applications is restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables users to create MRI sequences in a familiar development environment using standardized syntax and then copy these sequences to different MR systems. The intermediate file format preserves the sequence information in a portable form, allowing users to transfer and execute their work across different manufacturers' systems without needing to learn proprietary programming languages, thus lowering the entry barrier while maintaining full system utilization.
3Productivity
If development environments are manufacturer-specific, then each system can be optimized independently, but the broader adoption and advancement of MR technology is hampered
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the MRI sequence development process into two independent parts: sequence design (using standardized intermediate files) and system-specific execution (using manufacturer-optimized code frameworks). This segmentation allows users to develop sequences in a universal environment that enhances productivity, while each manufacturer can maintain their optimized execution environments, thus resolving the contradiction between development efficiency and technology adoption.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure provides systems, devices, and methods for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The methods may include obtaining an intermediate file related to an MRI sequence. The intermediate file may be generated in a first development environment and be readable and convertible in a second development environment. The methods may include converting the intermediate file into one or more MRI sequence elements executable in the second development environment. The methods may include performing a verification operation on the one or more MRI sequence elements in the second development environment. The methods may further include, in response to a successful verification result of the verification operation, generating hardware instructions based on the one or more MRI sequence elements, and controlling an MRI device to execute the hardware instructions to apply the MRI sequence on the target subject.