MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING OXYGEN EXTRACTION FRACTIONS

• Main Authors: OCHI, Hisaaki, SATOH, Ryota, BITO, Yoshitaka, TANIGUCHI, Yo, SHIRAI, Toru, SOTOME, Yoshihisa, MURASE, Takenori
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; Japanese
• Published: 11.05.2018
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PHYSICS; SURGERY; TESTING

Provided is technology to calculate oxygen extraction fraction distribution in a brain containing cerebral parenchyma using simple processing without applying a load such as caffeine administration to a patient when calculating the oxygen extraction fraction distribution using MRI. This MRI device f...