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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2016
Synaptive Medical (Barbados) Inc., Bridgetown, BB;
Chad Tyler Harris, Toronto, CA;
David Mark Deschenes, Toronto, CA;
Alexander Gyles Panther, Toronto, CA;
Jeff Alan Stainsby, Toronto, CA;
Philip J. Beatty, Toronto, CA;
SYNAPTIVE MEDICAL INC., Toronto, CA;
Abstract
Systems and methods for magnetic field-dependent relaxometry using magnetic resonance imaging ('MRI'] are provided. Relaxation parameters, including longitudinal relaxation time ('T1') and transverse relaxation time (“T2”), are estimated from magnetic resonance signal data acquired at multiple different magnetic field strengths using the same MRI system. By measuring these relaxation parameters as a function of magnetic field strength, T1 dispersion data, T2 dispersion data, or both, are generated. Based on this dispersion data, quantitative physiological parameters can be estimated. As one example, iron content can be estimated from T2 dispersion data.