US 12,169,931 B2
Backend sequence kernel
Andrew James Wheaton, Vernon Hills, IL (US); Joseph Manak, Vernon Hills, IL (US); and Bradley Stephens, Vernon Hills, IL (US)
Assigned to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Tochigi (JP)
Filed by CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Tochigi (JP)
Filed on Dec. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/563,536.
Prior Publication US 2023/0206427 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06N 20/10 (2019.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01)
CPC G06T 7/0012 (2013.01) [G06N 20/10 (2019.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10088 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging, the apparatus comprising:
processing circuitry configured to
obtain a set of sequence instructions for performing a magnetic resonance scan;
partition the obtained set of sequence instructions into a plurality of kernels by determining partition time points defining boundaries of the plurality of kernels, wherein the partition time points are not equally spaced in time;
convert a first kernel of the plurality of kernels into a first hardware instruction set;
transmit the first hardware instruction set to a hardware board controller for execution to obtain magnetic resonance scan data; and
reconstruct a magnetic resonance image from the obtained magnetic resonance scan data by executing the first hardware instruction set.