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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2005
Ileana Hancu, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Napapon Sailasuta, Honolulu, HI (US);
Ralph Eugene Hurd, Milpitas, CA (US);
Ileana Hancu, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Napapon Sailasuta, Honolulu, HI (US);
Ralph Eugene Hurd, Milpitas, CA (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for increasing sensitivity and/or specificity of a magnetic resonance spectroscopy imaging technique for detecting a neurodegenerative disease is provided. The method includes acquiring magnetic resonance spectroscopy data from the brain of a subject, while suppressing certain metabolites in the spectrum via a data acquisition protocol, to improve quantification accuracy for the remaining metabolites, and quantifying a metabolite concentration or a metabolite concentration ratio from the spectral data as an indicator of the neurodegenerative disease.