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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2010
Richard E. Jacob, Kennewick, WA (US);
Brett Amidan, Kennewick, WA (US);
Kevin Minard, Kennewick, WA (US);
Richard E. Jacob, Kennewick, WA (US);
Brett Amidan, Kennewick, WA (US);
Kevin Minard, Kennewick, WA (US);
Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, WA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for detecting the presence of abnormal tissues of the present invention utilizing a magnetic resonance imaging system in communication with a computer. The apparatus is configured to define a confidence region using a probability based confidence interval calculation such as multivariate or bivariate analysis for at least two parameters in a normal tissue sample by making a magnetic resonance image, and then to evaluate a second sample by making a magnetic resonance image. Parameters detectable by magnetic resonance imagingare selected from t, t, t, signal intensity, and diffusion.