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Method and system for measuring a maturation stage using MRI

US12217426B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Healthineers AG · DE

Inventors

Gian Franco Piredda · Ecublens, CH
Tobias Kober · Lausanne, CH
Tom Hilbert · Lausanne, CH
Lars Lauer · Neunkirchen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 22, 2021
Grant date	Feb 4, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 22, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30016
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and a method for measuring a maturation stage of a biological organ are based on quantitative MR maps for the organ. The method includes acquiring with a first interface and for a subject, a quantitative MR map for the organ. The quantitative MR map includes voxels each characterized by a quantitative value. The quantitative value of each voxel represents a measurement of a physical or physiological property of a tissue of the biological organ for the voxel. The method also includes applying to the quantitative map a trained function to estimate the subject organ maturation stage, and the trained function outputting an age. The method provides with a second interface the maturation stage of the organ of the subject as being the output age.

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