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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2018
Applicant:
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Sebastian Weingartner, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Mehmet Akcakaya, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/56 (2006.01); G01R 33/50 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/48 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); G01R 33/561 (2006.01); G01R 33/565 (2006.01); G01R 33/24 (2006.01); G01R 33/567 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/5602 (2013.01); A61B 5/0044 (2013.01); G01R 33/50 (2013.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); G01R 33/246 (2013.01); G01R 33/4828 (2013.01); G01R 33/5601 (2013.01); G01R 33/5613 (2013.01); G01R 33/5673 (2013.01); G01R 33/56509 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for producing quantitative maps of a longitudinal relaxation parameter, such as a longitudinal relaxation time ('T1'), using magnetic resonance imaging ('MRI') are described. More particularly, a pulse sequence and imaging method for cardiac phase-resolved myocardial T1 mapping are provided.