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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2008
Brian D. Ross, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Alnawaz Rehemtulla, Plymouth, MI (US);
Thomas L. Chenevert, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Charles R. Meyer, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kuei C. Lee, San Antonio, TX (US);
Kenneth Pienta, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Maha Hussein, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Anne Schott, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Brian D. Ross, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Alnawaz Rehemtulla, Plymouth, MI (US);
Thomas L. Chenevert, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Charles R. Meyer, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kuei C. Lee, San Antonio, TX (US);
Kenneth Pienta, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Maha Hussein, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Anne Schott, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides systems and methods for monitoring tissue regions. In particular, the present invention provides systems and methods for detecting changes in tissue regions over a period of time. In some embodiments, the systems and methods of the present invention are used to evaluate the effectiveness of a particular treatment of a tissue region. In some embodiments, the systems and methods employ functional diffusion map algorithms for imaging changes in tissue regions over time and/or in response to therapeutic interventions.