MAGNETIC RESONANCE FINGERPRINTING DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM

摘要

A method of employing a central computer database (18) for supporting a characterization of tissue by magnetic resonance fingerprinting measurements, including steps of -exciting nuclei of a subject of interest by applying (50) a radio frequency excitation field B1 generated according to a magnetic resonance fingerprinting sequence (38), -acquiring (52) magnetic resonance imaging signal data from radiation emitted by excited nuclei of the subject of interest, -transferring (54) a magnetic resonance fingerprinting data set (42) to the central computer database (18), -retrieving (56) a predefined dictionary from the central computer database (18), -matching (60) the acquired magnetic resonance imaging signal data to the retrieved dictionary by applying a pattern recognition algorithm to determine a value (40) or a set of values (40) for at least one physical quantity (T1, T2), -adding (62) at least the determined value (40) or the determined set of values (40) as a new entry of an associated medical data set (36) to the central computer database (18), and -making (64) the new entry of an associated medical data set (36) accessible to users of the central computer database (18); and -a magnetic resonance fingerprinting data collection and analysis system (10) comprising a central computer database, a data receiving unit (20), a data output unit (22) and a data analysis device (26) configured to carry out the method.