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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2018
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Kyung Sung, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Holden Wu, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Novena Rangwala, Los Angeles, CA (US);
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for a simultaneous 3D Tand Bmapping technique based on VFA imaging using a reference region VFA (RR-VFA) approach to eliminate the need for a separate Bmapping scan while imaging the prostate. The RR-VFA method assumes the existence of a 'reference region' that is distributed throughout the volume of interest and is well characterized by a known Trelaxation time. In particular, fat is generally selected as the reference region due to its distribution in the body. Binhomogeneity is estimated in the fat tissue and interpolated over the entire volume of interest, thus eliminating the need for an additional scan.