Ling Y Zhang

US Patent:

7840045, Nov 23, 2010

Filed:

Apr 19, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/737527

Inventors:

Junyu Guo - Drexel Hill PA, US
Eugene G. Kholmovski - Salt Lake City UT, US
Ling Zhang - Drexel Hill PA, US
Dennis L. Parker - Salt Lake City UT, US

Assignee:

The University of Utah Research Foundation - Salt Lake City UT

International Classification:

G06K 9/00

US Classification:

382128, 382131, 382132, 324307, 324309

Abstract:

A method of performing parallel image reconstruction of undersampled image data in k-space. A defined partitioning of a k-space region into a plurality of segments is received. A segment of the plurality of segments is identified wherein data is sampled at less than a Nyquist rate. First imaging data is sampled at the Nyquist rate. A reconstruction coefficient is calculated for at least a portion of the identified segment using the sampled first imaging data. Second imaging data is sampled at less than the Nyquist rate. A value for a missing k-space sample in the identified segment is predicted using the calculated reconstruction coefficient and the sampled second imaging data. An image of the image area is defined using the predicted value and the received second dataset.