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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 14, 2021
Applicants:

The United States of America,as Represented BY the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD (US);

The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, MD (US);

Inventors:

Dan Haim Benjamini, Bethesda, MD (US);

Peter J. Basser, Bethesda, MD (US);

Diego Iacono, Bethesda, MD (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 (2006.01); G01R 33/483 (2006.01); G01R 33/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 (2013.01); G01R 33/483 (2013.01); G01R 33/50 (2013.01); A61B 2576/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Multidimensional MRI-based methods permit identification and categorization of brain specimens to identify sub-voxel tissue components that are specific to traumatic axon injury or other lesions. Lower dimensional MR spectral data is acquired and processed to provide multidimensional MR data of higher dimensions. One or more spectral ranges are selected that define signatures for brain injury and evaluation of the multidimensional MR data in these ranges is used to locate voxels associated with brain injury. For example, partial one dimensional data sets such as T1, T2, and mean diffusion coefficient (MD) data sets can be combined to provide two dimensional data sets such as T1-T2, MD-T2, and MD-T1 data sets. Using the spectral signatures, a specimen image can be produced showing areas of lesser or greater injury.


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