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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2014
Applicants:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Memorial Sloan-kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY (US);
Inventors:
Matthew Richard Tarasek, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Thomas Kwok-Fah Foo, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Desmond Teck Beng Yeo, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Oguz Akin, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/48 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61N 7/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/01 (2006.01); A61F 7/02 (2006.01); G01R 33/50 (2006.01); G01R 33/56 (2006.01); G01R 33/563 (2006.01); A61F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 5/0051 (2013.01); A61B 5/0053 (2013.01); A61B 5/01 (2013.01); A61B 5/4836 (2013.01); A61B 5/7278 (2013.01); A61B 5/7282 (2013.01); A61F 7/02 (2013.01); A61N 7/02 (2013.01); G01R 33/4804 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0054 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0071 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0095 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0295 (2013.01); G01R 33/50 (2013.01); G01R 33/5608 (2013.01); G01R 33/56341 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure describes non-invasive approaches for delineating and characterizing tissue using MR imaging over a range of treatment levels. By way of example, tumor tissue may be distinguished and delineated from other tissue, such as muscle tissue. Further, tumor tissue may be characterized as malignant or benign using such approaches.