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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2010
Fred S. Azar, Ramsey, NJ (US);
Mukesh G. Harisinghani, Lexington, MA (US);
Christian P. Schultz, Beverly, MA (US);
Ravi Teja Seethamraju, Malden, MA (US);
Fred S. Azar, Ramsey, NJ (US);
Mukesh G. Harisinghani, Lexington, MA (US);
Christian P. Schultz, Beverly, MA (US);
Ravi Teja Seethamraju, Malden, MA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A system detects malignant lymph nodes using an MR imaging device, for, in the absence of a contrast agent, acquiring in a patient anatomical volume of interest including lymph nodes, (a) a first image using a variable flip angle, lymph node enhanced contrast, MR image acquisition process, (b) a second image using a susceptibility weighting imaging acquisition process and (c) a third image using a diffusion weighting imaging acquisition process. In the presence of a contrast agent absorbed by benign lymph nodes, MR imaging device acquires in the patient anatomical volume of interest, (d) a fourth image using a susceptibility weighting imaging acquisition process. A display processor processes data representing the first, second, third and fourth images for display of malignant and benign lymph nodes on a reproduction device.