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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2009
Applicants:
Nathan E. Yanasak, Crawfordville, GA (US);
Tom C. HU, Evans, GA (US);
Inventors:
Nathan E. Yanasak, Crawfordville, GA (US);
Tom C. Hu, Evans, GA (US);
Assignee:
Medical College of Georgia Research Institute, Inc., Augusta, GA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for scaling MR signal intensity after noise has been removed is disclosed. Because the signal in a DTI series varies with the apparent diffusivity in the direction of an applied gradient, one can multiply image data collected under actual clinical conditions with a spatially-dependent scaling function to synthesize different spatial diffusion distributions, after removal of noise. Recombination of the data with the removed noise preserves the bias in the system.