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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2011
Mark Bydder, San Diego, CA (US);
Gavin Hamilton, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael Middleton, San Diego, CA (US);
Claude Sirlin, San Diego, CA (US);
Mark Bydder, San Diego, CA (US);
Gavin Hamilton, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael Middleton, San Diego, CA (US);
Claude Sirlin, San Diego, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques, apparatus and systems are described for using parameters including chain length, number of double bonds and number of double-double bonds of a complex, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-generated fat spectrum to determine the composition and properties of fat and to perform various diagnostic functions. In one aspect, a method using MRI to characterize fat includes acquiring a magnetic resonance (MR) image that includes MR data from a target, determining fat characterization parameters based on the acquired MR data, and using the determined fat characterization parameters to produce a relationship between regions of fat and/or water in the MR image.