White matter fibrography by synthetic magnetic resonance imaging
US11375918B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 25, 2020 |
| Grant date | Jul 5, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 25, 2040 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG16H30/40
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Methods of characterizing the brain of a subject, comprising: (a) performing a multispectral multislice magnetic resonance scan on the brain of a subject, (b) storing image data indicative of a plurality of magnetic resonance weightings of each of a plurality of slices of the brain of the subject to provide directly acquired images, (c) processing the directly acquired images to generate a plurality of quantitative maps of the brain indicative of a plurality of qMRI parameters of the subject, (d) constructing a plurality of magnetic resonance images indicative of white matter structure from the quantitative maps, and (e) generating a spatial entropy map of the brain of the subject from the plurality of magnetic resonance images; and/or generating a myelin water map of the brain of the subject from the plurality of magnetic resonance images.
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