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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2017
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Sidra Medicine, Doha, QA;
Ravinder Reddy, Gladwyne, PA (US);
Mohammad Haris, Doha, QA;
Hari Hariharan, Mount Laurel, NJ (US);
Puneet Bagga, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Francesco M. Marincola, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Mitchell D. Schnall, Wayne, PA (US);
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Sidra Medicine, Doha, QA;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) methods comprising (i) obtaining a baseline chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) MRI image of a patient, (ii) administering an effective amount of a non-nutritive sweetener to the patient, and (iii) obtaining one or more test CEST MRI image of the patient subsequent to the administering step (ii); wherein the step (i) and (iii) acquisition parameters are substantially the same. The non-nutritive sweetener may include a natural or artificial sugar alcohol, polyol, or combinations or derivatives thereof.