METHOD AND MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS OF DETERMINING TIME WINDOWS IN A SCAN SEQUENCE

摘要

In a method for determining time windows in a scan sequence, in which values of setting parameters of a scan can be changed during a current scan without adversely affecting the scan data obtained with the scan, comprising the following a scan sequence is loaded into a control computer, that then determines the time windows in the scan sequence in which values of setting parameters can be changed during a current scan, on the basis of an analysis of useful coherences in the scan sequence. The determined time windows are stored or processed so as to be available to operate an imaging apparatus to execute the scan sequence.

主权项

1. A method for determining time windows within a scan sequence comprising:
loading a scan sequence into a control computer that will be used by the control computer to operate a medical data acquisition apparatus; in said control computer, determining time windows in said scan sequence in which values of setting parameters can be changed during an execution of said scan sequence by said medical data acquisition device without adversely affecting scan data acquired with said scan sequence, by analyzing useful coherences in the scan sequence; and in said control computer, performing at least one of storage or further processing of said determined time windows, and making the scan sequence with the determined time windows therein available as an electronic signal from said control computer for operating said medical examination data acquisition device.