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Imaging-based biomarker for characterizing the structure or function of human or animal brain tissue and related uses and methods

US10638995B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

JUNG DIAGNOSTICS GMBH · DE

Inventors

Ralph Buchert · Hamburg, DE
Jochen Fiebach · Berlin, DE
Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen · Berlin, DE
Kerstin Ritter · Berlin, DE
Lothar Spies · Aachen, DE
Joachim Seybold · Berlin, DE
Per SUPPA · Hamburg, DE
Catharina Lange · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 6, 2016
Grant date	May 5, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 7, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30204
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to novel imaging-based biomarkers for characterizing the structure or function of a human or animal brain. These biomarkers can be a weighted confluency sum score (WCSS) or a percent shielding by brain lesions (SbBL). Methods implementing these biomarkers are also disclosed.

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