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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2018
Applicant:
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Sebastian Weingaertner, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Mehmet Akcakaya, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/48 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/567 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/349 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/4818 (2013.01); A61B 5/349 (2021.01); A61B 5/7289 (2013.01); G01R 33/5673 (2013.01); G06T 11/008 (2013.01); G06T 2211/424 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for late gadolinium enhancement ('LGE') tissue viability imaging in a dynamic (e.g., temporally-resolved) manner using magnetic resonance imaging ('MRI') are provided. Dynamic LGE images can be generated throughout the entire cardiac cycle at high temporal resolution in a single breath-hold. Dynamic, semi-quantitative longitudinal relaxation maps are acquired and retrospective synthetization of dynamic LGE images is implemented using those semi-quantitative longitudinal relaxation maps.