METHOD AND APPARATUS USING MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING FOR TISSUE PHENOTYPING AND MONITORING

Provided herein is a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) technique and, optionally, software, collectively referred to as the "shutter-speed" model, to analyze image data of cancer patients. Embodiments provide a minimally invasive, yet precisely accurate, approach to determining whether tumo...

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Main Authors SPRINGER, JR. CHARLES S, ROONEY, JR. WILLIAM D, TAGGE IAN J, LI XIN, HUANG WEI, ZHANG YAJIE, BALSCHI JAMES A
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 26.03.2015
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DIAGNOSIS
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
MEASURING
MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES
MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
PHYSICS
SURGERY
TESTING
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Summary:Provided herein is a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) technique and, optionally, software, collectively referred to as the "shutter-speed" model, to analyze image data of cancer patients. Embodiments provide a minimally invasive, yet precisely accurate, approach to determining whether tumors are malignant or benign by distinguishing the characteristics of contrast reagent activity in benign and malignant tumors. Exemplary embodiments provide MRI measured biomarkers for tumor malignancy determination and monitoring, effectively eliminating or limiting the false positives suffered by existing MRI techniques while also improving tissue phenotyping and therapeutic intervention monitoring and prediction.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201314395785