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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2020
Tel Hashomer Medical Research Infrastructure and Services Ltd., Ramat-Gan, IL;
Ramot AT Tel-aviv University Ltd., Tel-Aviv, IL;
Yael Mardor, Natania, IL;
Leor Zach, Rehovot, IL;
David Guez, Tel-Aviv, IL;
David Last, Jerusalem, IL;
Dianne Daniels Elmakias, Ramat-HaSharon, IL;
Tel HaShomer Medical Research Infrastructure and Services Ltd., Ramat-Gan, IL;
Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd., Tel-Aviv, IL;
Abstract
Apparatus for operating MRI is disclosed. The apparatus comprises: a control for operating an MRI scanner to carry out an MRI scan; an input for receiving first and second MRI scans respectively at the beginning and end of a predetermined time interval post contrast administration; a subtraction map former for forming a subtraction map from the first and the second MRI scans by analyzing the scans to distinguish between a population in which contrast clearance from the tissue is slower than contrast accumulation, and a population in which clearance is faster than accumulation; and an output to provide an indication of distribution of the populations. The control is configured to carry out the first scan at least five minutes and no more than twenty minutes post contrast administration and to carry out the second scan such that the predetermined time period is at least twenty minutes.