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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:
Jun. 14, 2012
Applicants:
Chunlei Liu, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Wei LI, Durham, NC (US);
Bing Wu, Beijing, CN;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/561 (2006.01); G01R 33/44 (2006.01); G01R 33/48 (2006.01); G01R 33/565 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/5616 (2013.01); G01R 33/443 (2013.01); G01R 33/482 (2013.01); G01R 33/4822 (2013.01); G01R 33/4824 (2013.01); G01R 33/5611 (2013.01); G01R 33/56509 (2013.01); G01R 33/56536 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for imaging and quantifying tissue magnetism with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are disclosed. According to an aspect, a method for MRI includes using an MRI system to acquire multiple image echoes of an object. The method also includes combining the image echoes. Further, the method includes generating an image of the object based on the combined image echoes for depicting a characteristic of the object.