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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); G01R 33/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/007 (2013.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); G01R 33/5601 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed embodiments for assessing brown adipose tissue use imaging of metabolic contrast agents. For example, activated brown adipose tissue may be assessed by evaluating a difference in production of the hyperpolarizedC metabolic contrast agent from a pre-polarizedC metabolic contrast agent precursor before and after exposure of the subject to an activating event or agent. In one embodiment, the subject is given a dose of norepinephrine, and the production of the hyperpolarizedC metabolic contrast agent before and after the dose is assessed.