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Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026

Filed:

Jan. 03, 2020
Applicant:

Northeastern University, Boston, MA (US);

Inventors:

Craig Ferris, Holden, MA (US);

Ju Qiao, Boston, MA (US);

Praveen Kulkarni, East Walpole, MA (US);

Codi Gharagouzloo, Carlisle, PA (US);

Assignee:

Northeastern University, Boston, MA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 (2006.01); G01R 33/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 (2013.01); G01R 33/5601 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10088 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed are methods for determining blood brain barrier disruption in a subject in need thereof. The methods include administering intravascularly a contrast agent to the subject; performing quantitative ultra-short time-to-echo contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (QUTE-CE MRI) on a region of interest of the subject's brain; and determining presence of the contrast agent in brain parenchyma and/or cerebral spinal fluid within the region of interest.


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Ferris, Craig. (2026). Quantitative measurement of disruptions in the blood brain barrier (U.S. Patent No. 12557999). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12557999

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