AUTOMATIC SUCCESSIVE SCHEDULING OF MR SCANNING Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC G06T11/20 A61B6/00 

FIELD: physics.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to automatic acquisition of clinical MRI image data. The method comprises: acquiring a first inspection image with a first field of view, the first inspection image having a first spatial resolution, locating a first region of interest and at least one anatomic landmark in the first inspection image; a step comprising: creating a three-dimensional volume (202), determining (132) a set of contours (204) in the three-dimensional volume, identifying one or more anatomic landmarks (206) in the three-dimensional volume, automatic segmentation of the three-dimensional volume (208); determining the position and orientation of the first region of interest using the anatomic landmark; the position and orientation of the first region are used to schedule a second inspection image; obtaining a second inspection image with a second field of view, the second field of view having a second spatial resolution, the second spatial resolution being higher than the first spatial resolution; creating geometry scheduling for the anatomic region of interest using the second inspection image; and acquiring a diagnostic image of the anatomic region of interest using geometry scheduling.

EFFECT: providing fast and accurate scheduling of diagnostic scanning.

15 cl, 4 dwg