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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2022
Applicant:
Bioprotonics, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Timothy W. James, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Kristin James, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
BIOPROTONICS, INC., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/00 (2017.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); G01R 33/54 (2006.01); G01R 33/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0014 (2013.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 5/7257 (2013.01); G01R 33/543 (2013.01); G01R 33/5608 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10088 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30081 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for measuring soft tissue texture to identify diseased as opposed to normal tissue by identifying textural markers that distinguish diseased tissue from normal tissue and selecting a MRμT excitation sequence and associated parameters to reveal those markers. Data is then acquired in an MR scanner responsive to the selected MRμT excitation sequence to establish a multipoint time series data set. The acquired data is then analyzed for presence of the markers.