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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2001
Ting Y. Lee, London, CA;
Ting Y. Lee, London, CA;
The John P. Robarts Research Institute, London, CA;
Abstract
A method for determining tissue type includes quantitatively determining a tissue blood flow (TBF) by deconvoluting Q(t) and C(t), where Q(t) represents a curve of specific mass of contrast, and C(t) represents an arterial curve of contrast concentration, and quantitatively determining a tissue blood volume (TBV) by deconvoluting Q(t) and C(t). The method also includes quantitatively determining a tissue mean transit time (TMTT) by deconvoluting Q(t) and C(t), and quantitatively determining a tissue capillary permeability surface area product (TPS) by deconvoluting Q(t) and C(t). The method also includes determining a tissue type based on the TBF, the TBV, the TMTT, and the TPS.