Medical imaging
US10884090B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 7, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jan 5, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 22, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG16H30/40
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods of assessing or obtaining an indication of the presence of a cognitive disorder by analysing microstructural changes in regions of the brain. The invention particularly relates to methods of assessing or obtaining an indication of the presence of types of dementia, for example Alzheimer's disease, by analysing changes in minicolumns in regions or layers of the cortex of the brain or of the whole brain.
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