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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 31, 2013
Applicant:

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (US);

Inventors:

Vikas Gulani, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);

Yong Chen, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);

Nicole Seiberlich, Shaker Heights, OH (US);

Mark Griswold, Shaker Heights, OH (US);

Assignee:

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, Cleveland, OH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2006.01); G08C 23/06 (2006.01); G01R 33/36 (2006.01); G01R 33/56 (2006.01); G01R 33/48 (2006.01); G01R 33/58 (2006.01); A61K 49/06 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/563 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C 23/06 (2013.01); A61B 5/0017 (2013.01); A61B 5/0073 (2013.01); A61B 5/4244 (2013.01); A61K 49/06 (2013.01); G01R 33/3614 (2013.01); G01R 33/3692 (2013.01); G01R 33/4822 (2013.01); G01R 33/56 (2013.01); G01R 33/5608 (2013.01); G01R 33/56366 (2013.01); G01R 33/58 (2013.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01);
Abstract

Example apparatus and methods are provided to reconstruct under-sampled three-dimensional (3D) data associated with nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) signals acquired from a liver. The data is reconstructed using a 3D through-time non-Cartesian generalized auto-calibrating partially parallel acquisitions (GRAPPA) approach to produce a quantized value for a contrast agent concentration in the liver from a signal intensity in the data based, at least in part, on a compartment model of the liver. The quantized value describes a perfusion parameter for the liver.


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