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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:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2012
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Ileana Hancu, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Selaka Bandara Bulumulla, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Seung-Kyun Lee, Cohoes, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/48 (2006.01); G01R 33/32 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/48 (2013.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01);
Abstract
Exemplary embodiments are directed to estimating an electrical property of tissue using Magnetic Resonance (MR) images. In exemplary embodiments, complex MR images of a target tissue are obtained. An estimated value of an electrical property of the target tissue is determined based on complex values of the pixels in the complex MR images. The complex values are proportional to the product of the transmit radio frequency magnetic field and the receive RF magnetic field.